Example sentences of "be [noun pl] for year " in BNC.

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1 These are almost always the same men , the ones who own the guns and the best-trained dogs , whose families have been hunters for years , passing their knowledge and experience down through the generations until it 's almost in the blood .
2 They have secretly wished to be lovers for years but the consummation of their affair is a recent event .
3 We 've been friends for years .
4 There was an immediate rapport , as if we 'd been friends for years , and that happens only rarely .
5 Our families have been friends for years . ’
6 She kindly wrote me a letter after the first television programme about me , since her family and mine had been friends for years .
7 She 's a twenty-seven year-old female , just the same age as me , her name is Kelly Adam , she 's a television camerawoman , and we 've been friends for years .
8 Many will not accept single men and sometimes throw out those whose wives have died - even if both were naturists for years .
9 We had been colleagues for years and , as I say , I was having difficulty focussing .
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