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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'been going for years' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use the phrase to describe the duration of time that something has been happening. For example, "My family has been going to the same beach for years."
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It's been going for years.
"He's brought people back to church who haven't been going for years," he said.
"They know their therapists where they have been going for years.
It's been going for years but still feels fresh and innovative.
I come from a family that are mad on ballet, so I've been going for years.
HBO's icky "Cathouse" franchise, about the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada, has been going for years.
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The fact was, he had been gone for years.
It's been gone for years, then all of a sudden it comes back?
Many refugees have been gone for years and have rented apartments, found jobs and started building new lives.
Labs and X-ray machines have been gone for years.
Although the mine jobs have been gone for years, the community 'fight' has endured to present day, most recently in the wake of a provincial coal cessation policy.
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