Example sentences of "been [verb] for generations " in BNC.

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1 But although the natural health benefits of fish oil have been enjoyed for generations only now is it becoming clear how fish oil can provide the essentials for maintaining health .
2 Its status in this respect as the successor of Latin had by then already been developing for generations .
3 Must get some rose fertiliser you know too because erm I do n't suppose the original plants have been fed for generations , literally .
4 The new class of citizens whom democracy has empowered ‘ partly because of the fairness and regularity with which the law has been enforced for generations in Great Britain , hardly perceive the risk and ruin involved in a departure from the rule of law ’ .
5 Tropical waterlilies have been admired for generations due to their exquisite blooms and overall beauty .
6 Bedell goes on to say that when a man embarks on one of those humiliation rituals which men behind desks have been perfecting for generations , she wishes she had the guts to introduce a bit of power play and weep gently but composedly .
7 It had been rented for generations from a local landowner .
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