Example sentences of "been for [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genetic reproduction and expansion has , of course , been for millions of years the basis of animal life and its evolutionary change . |
| 2 | The castle walls surround the medieval town , which is still inhabited as it has been for hundreds of years . |
| 3 | Primarily a religious holiday , it has also been for hundreds of years a secular holiday , often with a travelling showmen 's fair visiting the village at the time . |
| 4 | After all , the Elphbergs are the royal family of Ruritania , and have been for hundreds of years . |
| 5 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |