Example sentences of "been [verb] for five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volunteers such as the receptionist form the backbone of the hospice and volunteer sitters have been helping for five years . |
| 2 | After his exit from Monday 's semi-finals , Black revealed that he had been struggling for five years with a ‘ bio-mechanical ’ problem which affects his body balance and leads to other injuries . |
| 3 | The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision . |
| 4 | Ex-St Martin 's ( where she was often the only student in the life room ) , she has been painting for five years , mostly commissions which come from friends . |
| 5 | Last year the ministry claimed it had made progress , only to find it had to revise its figures to reveal no progress had been made for five years . |
| 6 | Spare Rib — the UK 's first feminist magazine — had already been going for five years . |
| 7 | The schools , which cater for boys aged from 11 to 14 , have been going for five years now and are organised by Robbie Walker , Tottenham 's representative in Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | At present the statement must be given no later than 13 weeks after employment commences , but part-time workers who work less than 16 hours a week need not be given a statement until they have been employed for five years and worked eight hours or more a week . |
| 9 | Mrs Singh was upset ; she felt rejected by the school her children had been attending for five years . |
| 10 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 11 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 12 | The overall trade deficit in 1990 , according to preliminary figures , was US$4,730 million — the first overall deficit to have been recorded for five years . |
| 13 | An airman accused of setting fire to an RAF hanger has been jailed for five years for arson . |
| 14 | A prisoner who threw boiling water into the face of a fellow inmate has been jailed for five years . |
| 15 | A MERSEYSIDE man who stabbed his common-law wife in the face with a kitchen knife has been jailed for five years . |
| 16 | The team doctor , Daniel Rodriguez , gets a life ban for submitting a fraudulent medical certificate detailing Rojas 's ‘ injury ’ ; and Fernando Astengo , Chile 's vice-captain who led the players off the pitch in the Maracana , has been suspended for five years . |