Example sentences of "[been] [adv] for [det] year " in BNC.
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1 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
2 | It was considered inhumane to move out the large number of ‘ old long-stay ’ residents who had been there for many years . |
3 | These lines had been there for many years when Ernest Jarvis bought the house in the twenties , the Metropolitan Railway having been extended from Swiss Cottage to West Hampstead in 1879 . |
4 | have n't been there for many years |
5 | After the car had been there for some years the defendant wished to convert the yard into a garage but was unable to communicate with the plaintiff . |