Example sentences of "year [conj] have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that local democracy was not very responsibly exercised by some people in the years that have just gone by . ’ |
| 2 | There have been a number of studies of poverty in the UK that have been made over the past twenty-five years that have consistently indicated that a substantial minority of people may experience serious relative deprivation . |
| 3 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 4 | Even one would be good enough for there are riders who have been racing for years and have never gone well here . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been in the game for eight years and have never tasted such a chilling fear . |
| 6 | We have paid home insurance for the last 25 years and have never made a claim . |
| 7 | I have carried my own personal tapes and cassettes in NO SMOKING carriages for nearly 20 years and have never had a problem . |
| 8 | I only did this because I know the outlet where I purchased the fish from has its own excellent quarantine facilities and I have used this shop for over 10 years and have never had any trouble with fish purchased from there . |
| 9 | Some people have been in hospital for 34 years and have never had their independence . |
| 10 | ‘ We have expanded rapidly over the past few years and have now outgrown our existing factory , ’ said David Gray , chairman and managing director of the Saltofix Group . |
| 11 | John and Ann Searancke have lived at Chequers for nearly twenty years and have continually improved the property — their care and love of the house shows . |
| 12 | The Wolfies have been around for almost ten years but have never made any major dents on the charts . |
| 13 | That argument would I think be very persuasive if I were able to be confident that the levels of conversion is one which would be an adequate and proper one , it is relatively new , there is nothing wrong with that , it is not apparently been a conversion which has been put into practice , except in the last year because have only started conversion when the Nissan Serena was brought out . |