Example sentences of "been [noun] for [noun pl] " 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 | There have also been proposals for cuts in public spending . |
| 3 | Having been exporters for decades , Japan 's car makers are at last becoming real multinationals , with factories all over the world . |
| 4 | For whatever reason , Neil , who had almost looked forward to relieving his body 's urgent demands — he seemed to have been continent for years , and McAllister 's arrival in Vetch Street had most inconveniently revived his dormant senses — found that he was disgusted with himself most of all . |
| 5 | There have been stations for factories . |
| 6 | There have been stations for hospitals ( Cheddleton Asylum , Whittingham Hospital ) and stations for schools ( Wellington College , Christ 's Hospital ) . |
| 7 | , Peter ( 1806–1883 ) , industrial chemist and alum manufacturer , was born 19 February 1806 in Brechin , Forfarshire , Scotland , the son of a hand-loom weaver of Brechin , and his wife , whose family had been farmers for generations . |
| 8 | We 've been friends for years . |
| 9 | There was an immediate rapport , as if we 'd been friends for years , and that happens only rarely . |
| 10 | Our families have been friends for years . ’ |
| 11 | She kindly wrote me a letter after the first television programme about me , since her family and mine had been friends for years . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Chris has been Secretary for Trades Council for ten years , he 's a W E A tutor , that 's his er profession , he 's an organizer , and he organizes courses throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . |
| 14 | They 're finger-printing guys who 've been bedridden for years . |
| 15 | There was often a special pride that the family were ‘ all in the trade ; ’ ‘ all my people have been in the dealing world ; ’ ‘ we 've been blacksmiths for generations ; ’ or they had been self-employed Portland quarrymen ‘ right back a hundred year back . ’ |
| 16 | We had been colleagues for years and , as I say , I was having difficulty focussing . |