Example sentences of "'s [been] [verb] for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing new in that — she 's been trying for years . |
| 2 | It 's been condemned for years now . |
| 3 | He 's been canoeing for years . |
| 4 | Everyone thought Pratesi was the buyer because he 's been talking for years about building a bigger place , rearing his own pigs and growing his own feed . |
| 5 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |
| 6 | A farmer who 's been fighting for years to KEEP gypsies on his land has been given the go-ahead after a public inquiry . |
| 7 | An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway . |
| 8 | There 's been advertising for years , not just since the fifties ; there was advertising in Victorian times ; newspapers and magazines , and pornography with drawings of women , and how men thought women should look , and the theatre and books all put out the same sorts of things — this is how a woman should be . |
| 9 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |