Example sentences of "they have [verb] for centuries " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Two reasons : first , because they moved here , the Sardinians , to find pasture when the land they had grazed for centuries was taken from them for development — the Costa Smeralda , etcetera . |
| 2 | People came out of the forest and went into the forest as they had done for centuries , making the deep tracks down Steep Ridgery . |
| 3 | The toppled heads of long forgotten deities and dignitaries observed his passing , the silence they had enjoyed for centuries broken by the rattling of his chains and bells . |
| 4 | The large , powerful estate owners in Castile and Andalusia continued to exercise the social and economic power they had enjoyed for centuries , based on their monopoly holding of the principal economic resources . |
| 5 | They have existed for centuries , serving as shops , offices , workshops and homes in this bustling corner of the city . |