Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for [adv] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 2 | So far as a family we have been living here for about 6/7 years . |
| 3 | Her admirer had already been bound over to keep the peace after being arrested on her doorstep , and his unwelcome attentions had been going on for over six years . |
| 4 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
| 5 | The affair had been going on for nearly two years . |
| 6 | The total number of books published in the UK has been rising relentlessly for over 10 years , but 1993 should herald a change in strategy from major publishers : Random House , HarperCollins and Reed Consumer Books are among companies to have announced that they are substantially reducing the number of titles that they will be publishing in 1993 . |
| 7 | If my deductions are correct , Fishbane has been in charge of buying only for about three years , because for the previous three the magazines being ordered were very rum indeed . |
| 8 | Erm and that 's really been coming on for about five years . |
| 9 | Citalia customers have been coming here for over 30 years and find simple accommodation and furnishings — fresh and spotlessly kept . |
| 10 | They 've been coming here for over 60 years and even a recession wo n't spoil the festive spirit . |
| 11 | He had been coming regularly for almost sixty years , and was only fourteen when he bought his first pony there for £4.10s . |
| 12 | The main problem to prevent me playing on for too many years to come will be the competition from younger players at Middlesex . |
| 13 | Terry had written out a very detailed plan for a farm-school project for juvenile offenders that he had been working on for almost two years . |
| 14 | Antonia made soft-porn movie The Pieman — about a one-legged hooker who has a romp with a pizza delivery man — ‘ because she had n't been working much for nearly two years and had no income , ’ said Amanda . |
| 15 | I have been metal detecting now for over twenty years , and in that time have owned and tested many detectors . |
| 16 | Henley is proud of its achievement of working closely for over forty years with educational , business and government organisations throughout the world . |