Example sentences of "been here [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 3 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 4 | ‘ If it were obvious , we would n't have been here for five years trying to find it , and Paula would still be … . |
| 5 | The same family has closed it 's delicatessen which has now become an art shop and the butcher whose family has been here for 176 years , closes this weekend . |
| 6 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 7 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
| 8 | He 'd been here for forty-odd years , so he was the chap behind me , if you like . |
| 9 | Manager Sue Surrey is seen here being presented with the southern regional quarterly audit prize by Eugene Kertzman and CCG client Ewart Wooldridge , and she has no doubt about the reason : ‘ CCG has been here for 12 years , myself for the last seven , and you can put our success down to working together as a team . |
| 10 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 11 | Today people spend their money more evenly and the standard of hospitality has improved This unit has been here for ten years and can take 350 people , it 's well established . |
| 12 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
| 13 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't understand it , he has n't been here in ten years ! |