Example sentences of "been [verb] to [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once Celie finds out her sister was still alive and had been writing to her for all this time but she had not received any letters because Albert had intercepted the letters , she stopped writing to God . |
| 2 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 3 | ’ If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’ |
| 4 | A few receive the justice that has been denied to them for five centuries , but most are still viewed by their governments as third-class citizens , subversive activists and threats to ‘ national security ’ . |
| 5 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 6 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |
| 7 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |