Example sentences of "be [adv] for some years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Version 1 of Rescalc has been around for some years and is today regarded as rather palaeolithic . |
| 2 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 3 | The Tetris theme has been around for some years now but shareware authors have taken the original idea to new heights . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was not for some years after we had separated that I had to face the fact that the deepest part of one 's being is always inaccessible to another , and that only when we are lost in passion , eager above all else for our own gratification — yet unconscious that this is the case — that we ignore the gulf , forget that we are strangers . |