Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for year " in BNC.

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1 Many developments have been delayed for years pending completion of new or improvements to existing sewage works .
2 It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project .
3 Jack , he must of been painted for years , he 's been on ship .
4 Prediction is inaccurate , and one is reminded that economic recovery has been forecast for years by a party in government that is supposed to have great financial expertise .
5 Other books have been championed for years by obsessed option-owners , like Saul Zaentz 's doomed production of Peter Matthiesen 's At Play In The Fields Of The Lord , and Cronenberg 's Naked Lunch , the latter understanding that cult novels ca n't usually be filmed at all .
6 There is greater awareness of the problems of excessive placental transfusion ( hyperbilirubinaemia , polycythaemia and hypervolaemia ) than of the hazards of hypovolaemia , but claims of reduced preterm mortality with delayed umbilical cord ligation have been made for years .
7 The strongly held belief that the teaching of reading is the sole prerogative of the professional ( together with a tenacious preservation of its mystiques ) has been accepted for years .
8 It may never have been genuinely effective , or it may have failed because the organism lost its antibiotic properties when it had been grown for years in artificial cultures , or because its commercial manufacture was inadequately supervised .
9 The windows had not been opened for years and had forgotten how it went .
10 The only other entrance was a small door to the left of the sanctuary but that was closed with a padlock , rusting with age , and obviously had not been opened for years .
11 erm as if a window had never been opened for years and years and years that type of a house .
12 ‘ We 'd been told for years how generous they would be , but when we challenged them , they had nothing for us .
13 " The cabinets have not been cleaned for years . "
14 All this in the most magnificent scenery , a national park where the natural forest has n't been logged for years and grazing sheep is prohibited so as not to upset the natural balance .
15 The Führer 's claim that his work had been sabotaged for years , and that the German war machine could run at full stretch now that the last plot had been foiled , was seen to demonstrate that the people had long been lied to in earlier statements that time was on Germany 's side and war production increasing .
16 Peterson Strobe Tuners in particular have been used for years by professional musicians because of their superior accuracy .
17 It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years .
18 Tetracycline and erythromycin have been used for years , though minocycline is now increasingly considered as a preferable and safe alternative .
19 A RARE Chinese vase worth up to £100,000 has been used for years as a flowerpot .
20 Condoms have been used for years to prevent unwanted pregnancy but are also an effective barrier against sexually transmitted diseases including HIV .
21 It was covered with climbing plants , and clearly had not been used for years .
22 Budgets for prostheses have been used for years to limit elective orthopaedic activity because blocking the purchase of further implants stops joint replacement surgery , the ‘ bread and butter ’ of current elective orthopaedic practice .
23 I know a way out of Parfois that has n't been used for years , but it 's still open if you know where to find it .
24 Other areas of South Wales have been blighted for years , while renewed threats are now being made to cut open parts of Clwyd 's countryside .
25 Since workwear , for want of any better term , is n't really new in this country at all ( American denim brands like Lee and Levi 's are hardly passing fads ) and since the more recent brand arrivals here have been worn for years in the US and Australia , hype accusations are a little misguided .
26 It 's been condemned for years now .
27 Around forty of these drawings have been known for years from books and exhibitions , but as things are , I am the only person in the world at the moment to have complete knowledge of what that collection was in its entirety .
28 The broken stag had been known for years .
29 The top floor directly overhead had been abandoned for years .
30 ( Wendy is brought up from the hold and sees at a glance that the deck has n't been scrubbed for years . )
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