Example sentences of "year [pron] [vb base] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For the past three years I 've been a respectable married man , young lady . |
| 2 | Holy Mary , she thought , all these years I 've been a good girl — ca n't you do something ? |
| 3 | For over fifteen years I have been a regular reader of Pilot and keep the back numbers which offer an extremely useful information source on a wide range of flying matters . |
| 4 | For years we have been a low productivity low-wage plant and we have ended up losing our jobs and all the new investment opportunities . |
| 5 | Over the years there have been a great number of electronic games concocted for the hobbyist , including one or two cricket games . |