Example sentences of "it [vb -s] been [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the High Court after the award of £50,000 damages plus costs , the 59-year-old happily married father of three said : ‘ It has been three-and-a-half years of absolute hell . ’ |
| 2 | IT HAS been two years since sultry singer Sade was last in the spotlight . |
| 3 | It has been many years since the proud Fruithill Park outfit languished in the bottom half of the division after only three games , which is the case this season . |
| 4 | With Eliette von Karajan it has been thirty years of family life , with two daughters , Isabel and Arabel . |
| 5 | It has been 14 years since we had an expedition book from him . |
| 6 | It has been 3 years in which my family were put through things they never ever deserved to be put through . |
| 7 | It has been seven years that life does not bring me any joy and being totally blasé , I have decided to put an end to those viragos . |
| 8 | It has been three years since the galleries were last open , but according to Dr Mino , most of the material has been in the basement for half a century . |
| 9 | It 's been 10 years now since I left the farm , and I 'm happy that I 've ‘ escaped ’ to London . |
| 10 | It 's been five years since Zoë Fairbairns last published a novel , during that time she has been writing a huge and compelling family saga , Daddy 's Girls . |
| 11 | Then someone turns around and says , ‘ It 's been five years since your last tour , ’ and you say , ‘ What ? ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been five years since I won , ’ Levi said after the round , ‘ five years of struggling . |
| 13 | BUCKING THE SYSTEM Lindsey Buckingham It 's been four years since Lindsey Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac , and for the last three of those years he 's been writing , performing and working to complete his new solo album ‘ Out Of The Cradle ’ . |
| 14 | Ian Snodin , back after four hamstrings and two knee operations , said : ‘ That was my first 90 minutes for two-and-a-half years , and it 's been four years since I played a full match in midfield . |
| 15 | It 's been six years now since we first looked at Faliraki as a club resort . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's been six years , Paul . |
| 17 | It 's been two years in the studio but in that time we 've probably only spent four months recording . ’ |
| 18 | Oh yes it 's been nine years by the time he goes |
| 19 | ‘ It 's been three years since we conducted a national campaign , ’ says Mr Pickles . |
| 20 | ‘ The Doctor says it 's been three years for you , ’ the Professor said . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been dead years , ’ he said . |
| 22 | I 'm gettin' too old for that — it 's been ten years , time for me to chill . |
| 23 | It 's been ten years , after all . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I think that 's why he has n't remarried , although it 's been ten years now … |
| 25 | ‘ It 's been ten years . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's been 20 years since a British player was top of the pile . |