Example sentences of "five years [pers pn] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For the past five years we have been working hard to turn the London International Book Fair into a major event in the publishing calendar , rather than just another exhibition , and I think this year we managed to achieve that aim , ’ reflected LIBF director Brian Bradford at the end of the 22nd fair . |
| 2 | Five years you 've been at it now ; you should be a concert pianist , and you would be if you had practised . ’ |
| 3 | Is that five years you 've been there ? |
| 4 | For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain . |
| 5 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 6 | ‘ Unfortunately , in the five years I have been here Leeds have not won anything but we will . ’ |
| 7 | The second thing was I asked , and nobody picked it up , five , five years he 'd been working could the net earnings related carry forward ? |
| 8 | His name was Dr Georges Flandrin and for five years he had been treating the Shah for cancer . |
| 9 | And for the last five years he had been doing just that . |
| 10 | For twenty five years he has been a member of Equity and has played a different number of roles . |
| 11 | Erm but I 've had to give it all up because I 'm too busy , so I do n't run it from anywhere now , but for the last er four or five years it 's been from the Hotel . |
| 12 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |