Example sentences of "[verb] been [adv] for twenty " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been here for twenty minutes , during which time Alida Thorne had backtracked and made difficulties , pretended not to understand . |
| 2 | But the man whom he promised to come back and visit had been there for twenty years , the oldest inhabitant , as the turnkey would tell newcomers ; he could play the piano and speak fluent French and Italian . |
| 3 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 4 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
| 5 | The er the troops w have been there for twenty five years nearly . |