Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense of being part of a general flux had been lost for years . |
| 2 | He was gathering data for a book about world metro systems , a task on which he had been engaged for years . |
| 3 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 4 | It may never have been genuinely effective , or it may have failed because the organism lost its antibiotic properties when it had been grown for years in artificial cultures , or because its commercial manufacture was inadequately supervised . |
| 5 | It was worn and comfortable-looking , like an old , well-loved piece of furniture that had been kept for years . |
| 6 | The broken stag had been known for years . |
| 7 | They were staccato with a violence and bitterness which Sabine , stunned , guessed had been suppressed for years . |
| 8 | It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years . |
| 9 | The Führer 's claim that his work had been sabotaged for years , and that the German war machine could run at full stretch now that the last plot had been foiled , was seen to demonstrate that the people had long been lied to in earlier statements that time was on Germany 's side and war production increasing . |
| 10 | The top floor directly overhead had been abandoned for years . |