Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | See I 've been coming for years with mouth ulcers . |
| 2 | People are realising what particularly the Belfast group has been preaching for years , that early availability of resuscitation is tremendously important . |
| 3 | CAMPAIGNERS look likely to win their fight for more nursery places in an area of Darlington which they claim has been deprived for years . |
| 4 | The strongly held belief that the teaching of reading is the sole prerogative of the professional ( together with a tenacious preservation of its mystiques ) has been accepted for years . |
| 5 | The show , the biggest and best yet , featured not only competitions but continued with its farming and countryside theme , which has been popularised in years gone by . |
| 6 | Karen Gorbutt , 30 , from South London , has been trying for years to get her partner , Matthew Allen , 30 , to be considerate around the house . |
| 7 | This methodology has been devised during years of extensive psychological work on the assessment of the transfer of learning from one task to another . |
| 8 | The cultural revival has been planned for years by members of the good old Council , members that prefer to stay in the background , having achieved the astounding feat of legislating and pedestrianising their way through the licensing laws , to an atmosphere of continental cultural Bonhomie from Blairdardie to Baillieston . |
| 9 | ‘ Damage has been caused to years and years of university research , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Our share of world trade has been falling for years under successive governments to the extent that the purchasing power of our currency has roughly halved since 1945 . |
| 11 | The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities . |
| 12 | They 'll let you do a activity , this has been going for years but they wo n't let you . |
| 13 | Prediction is inaccurate , and one is reminded that economic recovery has been forecast for years by a party in government that is supposed to have great financial expertise . |
| 14 | A RARE Chinese vase worth up to £100,000 has been used for years as a flowerpot . |
| 15 | The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years . |
| 16 | Charlemagne has been fighting for years in Spain , and has almost completed its conquest from the Saracens . |
| 17 | ‘ This thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 18 | Lesley saw it more as a letting-off of repressed energy : ‘ I think this thing has been smouldering for years and now it 's finally broken through . |
| 19 | The public has been rebelling for years . |
| 20 | Their method has been perfected after years of experience dealing with female victims of violence . |
| 21 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'd been told for years how generous they would be , but when we challenged them , they had nothing for us . |
| 23 | The ARC marked the start of a liveaboard adventure that the Codd 's had been planning for years . |
| 24 | But with the Official Custodian sending back these investments , the trustees will have to think of what they should have been thinking about years ago : management of their trust funds . ’ |
| 25 | He says the precinct should have been covered over years ago . |
| 26 | You might have been driving for years by going over the top of the wheel as a lot of lorry drivers do . |
| 27 | It is interesting to think that had they snatched — or preferably caught cleanly — that victory , the pattern of English Test cricket might have been changed for years ahead , for , as the other four matches were all drawn , a victorious first series might have given Botham 's captaincy the shove it needed to get airborne . |
| 28 | You have got to train that person which you could have been doing for years and |
| 29 | And what 's impressive is they 're doing research that we should have been doing for years ! |
| 30 | I appear to have been writing for years , and yet not one sentence has been completed . |