Example sentences of "these year [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 All these years he had had it and kept it for safety and secrecy 's sake inside a boring medical book .
2 All these years he had been carrying on on the side and now here was actual proof of it .
3 But in all these years he has certainly been spared those other , uninvited , distractions which sweep over our lives , a snowstorm of diversion and entertainment and half-understood knowledge .
4 All these years you 've spent chasing after something you know you ca n't have .
5 To think that for all these years I had tried to protect them from this very fate and I had n't even the pleasure of using them very often .
6 I thought that after all these years I 'd finally tamed her .
7 ‘ All these years I 've been talking and telling , ’ he writes , ‘ and I 'm not sure if anybody listens or understands me .
8 He 's told friends , " All these years I 've thrown away money on that child . "
9 ‘ All these years I 've known her and I never realised what a nasty temper she has , ’ said Rose .
10 All these years I 've been an idiot .
11 ‘ Would you credit it — all these years I 've wondered how on earth you 've managed to avoid falling in love , given all the glorious hunks you had to choose from , just falling over themselves to be near you .
12 Holy Mary , she thought , all these years I 've been a good girl — ca n't you do something ?
13 And the one thing that I over all these years I have found and I 've come more and more into is aromatherapy , because it 's not
14 After all these years it had finally happened !
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