Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [prep] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Spare Rib — the UK 's first feminist magazine — had already been going for five years . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mrs Singh was upset ; she felt rejected by the school her children had been attending for five years . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |