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 . ) |