Example sentences of "been [noun] 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 | 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 . |
| 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 | They 're finger-printing guys who 've been bedridden for years . |
| 9 | We had been colleagues for years and , as I say , I was having difficulty focussing . |