Example sentences of "years [pron] have been [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 2 | For the past 10 years we 've been working on synthesising the chemical ; now we 're trying to see if the European Yew will provide the starter material for producing anti-cancer activity . |
| 3 | Over the past few years we have been working on such an account , and in this paper we focus on the implications of this account for a central tenet of the mental models approach : that the mental model of the text so far provides ( part of the context for the interpretation of the current sentence or clause . |
| 4 | There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene . |
| 5 | For three years he 's been campaigning on behalf of his brother Gary Mills and another man Tony Poole . |