Example sentences of "we have [be] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There was an immediate rapport , as if we 'd been friends for years , and that happens only rarely .
2 We 've been friends for years .
3 She 's a twenty-seven year-old female , just the same age as me , her name is Kelly Adam , she 's a television camerawoman , and we 've been friends for years .
4 There was often a special pride that the family were ‘ all in the trade ; ’ ‘ all my people have been in the dealing world ; ’ ‘ we 've been blacksmiths for generations ; ’ or they had been self-employed Portland quarrymen ‘ right back a hundred year back . ’
5 But even if we 've known him for many years , if we 're committed Christians , if we 've been followers of Jesus , there are occasions , there are times in our life when there is turmoil and there is unrest and if we allow him to se , to take control he is able to bring peace .
6 We had been colleagues for years and , as I say , I was having difficulty focussing .
7 Grave-statues were the fashion in various times and places ; but the majority of the statues we have were dedications like Nikandre 's .
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