Example sentences of "had [adv] been [verb] for year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication of moral blackmail in robbing patient services to pay nurses remained a ghost at the banquet for the media , and for many nurses , who had still to reconcile the jobs they had perhaps been doing for years with the management 's idea of their responsibilities , and the clinical grade to which they aspired . |
| 2 | The windows had not been opened for years and had forgotten how it went . |
| 3 | The only other entrance was a small door to the left of the sanctuary but that was closed with a padlock , rusting with age , and obviously had not been opened for years . |
| 4 | It was covered with climbing plants , and clearly had not been used for years . |
| 5 | Yes , we had both been searching for years for a place like this , well away from urban life with some land and outbuildings . |
| 6 | erm as if a window had never been opened for years and years and years that type of a house . |