Example sentences of "been [adj] for nearly [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was an Irish Catholic woman of twenty-eight and had been married for nearly two years . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've known Eric since I was 20 and we have been married for nearly six years . |
| 3 | ‘ They 'd been married for nearly forty years , did you know that ? ’ she said in a small voice . |
| 4 | I have been married for nearly twenty-five years to a very nice kind Englishman . |
| 5 | The M-Forty has been open for nearly three years , yet its first service area will not open until nineteen ninety four . |