Example sentences of "[been] [adv] for over [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's been in the business a long time but believe it or not this is the first time he 's been inside for over twenty years . |
| 2 | On 30 November 1766 , having been away for over three years , the Mozarts returned to Salzburg . |
| 3 | ‘ He has n't been downstairs for over five years . |
| 4 | A reader called to say she had a postcard dated 1910 which showed the fire with a notice saying : ‘ This fire has n't been out for over 200 years . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The fishery has been here for over 400 years , so we want to make sure we maintain it for future generations , ’ said Mr Horne . |
| 6 | Amazingly , it only just noses ahead of DR DOS , which has been around for over 18 months . |
| 7 | Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms . |
| 8 | The German Dynacord company remain relatively unheralded within the modern music industry , even though they 've been around for over forty years , in fact since the very inception of electronic amplification . |
| 9 | If the groom had been there for over two years , he must have had plenty of opportunity for revenge on Tamar , if that had been his motive . |