Example sentences of "year [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For seven or eight years I had been aware of a growing numbness , first in the muscles of my right leg and later in those of my left , for which no doctor or specialist could find any adequate explanation . |
| 2 | W.C. Fields used one phrase which I 've always loved — especially after all the years I 've been married — he said , ‘ Elephants are just like women — nice to look at , but who wants to own one ? ’ |
| 3 | For years I 've been used to addressing the parson as ‘ vicar ’ . |
| 4 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 5 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
| 6 | Over the years I 've been lucky enough to see pine martens , golden eagles , otters , blue hares , foxes and a huge variety of birds , including a snowy egret at Torridon , wildly off course from its African and European haunts . |
| 7 | For three years I 've been wary of deep water . |
| 8 | ‘ In recent years I have been impressed by the standard of speech training in various parts of the province and it was the same again in Ballyclare where a number of talented young people were on stage . ’ |
| 9 | In the past few years I have been involved in a Seminar for senior administrators from the Third World studying at British Universities A group of 25 or 30 is gathered each year at Plockton in Wester Ross by the British Council , the ODA and the Highland Board . |
| 10 | During the past few years I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of RAF students each summer from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham . |
| 11 | Every August or early September for the last few years I have been lucky enough to receive a present of ripe mulberries from a magnificent old tree in the garden of Rainham Hall in Essex . |
| 12 | Christophe Lázar : For the past two years I have been active expanding Colnaghi 's presence in Europe , Asia and South America . |
| 13 | Over the last twenty years I have been active in our hobby , I have lost count of the number of detectors I have used . |
| 14 | Over the years I have been able to spend many hours with individual singers . |
| 15 | ‘ I am really pleased that over the last three years I have been able to show that part-time working can work without any difficulty . |
| 16 | Generally my fish are too healthy to require treatment , but in the last few years I have been able to buy fish as they arrive in the country ( usually via the large fish shows . ) |
| 17 | In the past few years I have been amazed at the transformation of the zoo , to a very modern , progressive and caring institution . |
| 18 | So , Sir , I have been able to reflect on the inherent good sense of the people of Worcester over the years I have been privileged to be the Member for that constituency . |
| 19 | For years I have been excited by him , quoted him , relied on him . |
| 20 | For thirty-six years she had been convenient for this purpose . |
| 21 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
| 22 | For the past two years she has been responsible for the rights department of Hachette 's children 's book imprints in Paris . |
| 23 | and it 's just been another seven years you 've been able to work |
| 24 | I understand , for example , that within the last few years you have been lucky in receiving a very large legacy from the late Dr D.M. McDonald to build an institute ? |
| 25 | Cos other years we 've been two days behind with orders you know and |
| 26 | Nineteen sixty one , er , our anniversary was a few weeks ago , twenty one years we 've been married , but er |
| 27 | Over the years we have been thankful to hear the BBC World Service in Chungking , Kuala Lumpur , Los Angeles , Guyana , Nigeria , Alaska and many other places — and that clear , calm statement of the news spoken with suave detachment in impeccable English has never ceased to satisfy . |
| 28 | In a letter to the Stanford committee on research , the faculty said : ‘ For years we have been able to tell visiting school children , student , engineers , scientists , laymen and the press that we are here to do basic research on the fundamental properties of matter and that we do not do any military work . |
| 29 | Over the years there had been many tributes to her beauty and her dancing , but the one I particularly treasure appeared only recently . |
| 30 | One set of 10 pellets was left on a dry ledge against a south facing wall , and after two years there had been some erosion of the surfaces of the pellets but the pellets were still largely intact . |