Example sentences of "has [be] [adv] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same family has closed it 's delicatessen which has now become an art shop and the butcher whose family has been here for 176 years , closes this weekend . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's married a Welsh girl , has two Welsh kids and has been here for five years . |
| 3 | Manager Sue Surrey is seen here being presented with the southern regional quarterly audit prize by Eugene Kertzman and CCG client Ewart Wooldridge , and she has no doubt about the reason : ‘ CCG has been here for 12 years , myself for the last seven , and you can put our success down to working together as a team . |
| 4 | Today people spend their money more evenly and the standard of hospitality has improved This unit has been here for ten years and can take 350 people , it 's well established . |
| 5 | She added that the faun 's condition was good although ‘ it has been outside for 35 years and is a bit green . ’ |
| 6 | She has been there for two years . |
| 7 | ‘ People say the earth must be sour , but it has been there for eighteen years and still grows plants . |
| 8 | The carpet has been there for three years and is still in good condition — the only signs of wear are the marks left by ‘ wee Lachie ’ , the Stewarts ' three-year-old son . |