Example sentences of "we have be [v-ing] for year " in BNC.

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1 We 've been struggling for years .
2 ‘ This is something we 've been doing for years .
3 And we 've been campaigning for years to try and get these laws changed , no-one seems to have been listening very much and that 's why we 've adopted this more upfront direct challenge to the law .
4 We have been struggling for years with an inadequate meat hygiene inspection system and we need , as soon as possible , to replace it with a centralised system that will guarantee high standards and uniform costs .
5 We have been trying for years , centuries , to establish this and it is only because of help from outside that we have been able to do it now .
6 Many of our clients now embrace the concept of Total Quality Management which simply formalises something else that we have been doing for years .
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