Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [adj] [prep] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |
| 2 | A privately owned half-timbered cottage ( mostly 16th-century ) with pantiled roof and porches , it has been standing empty for years |
| 3 | My husband has been practising dying for years . |
| 4 | Fleet Street , which has been spending millions for years trying get the formula right , holds the opposite point of view . |
| 5 | She 'd been using these for years , ever since a practical demonstration by an art-school technician fired her to experiment with felting techniques . |
| 6 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 7 | ‘ On things like consulting with patients and carers — we 've been doing that for years . ’ |
| 8 | Keyboard players have been doing this for years , but it 's a revelation to most guitarists . |