Example sentences of "we have been [v-ing] [prep] years " 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 . |
| 7 | Ehm er chair er Sheila from Harlow secretary of the film society which has operated here since the playhouse opened moved from the town hall er we do get people past the door we have been doing in years erm and I personally I 'm also here as an individual I 've been an arts lover for forty five years of my life in Harlow . |