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Britain had for years been in deep economic trouble.

The business venture had for years been overshadowed by the drawn-out legal battle.

Kammerer was gay and had for years been sexually obsessed with Carr.

Human rights campaigners have said Mr Anwar had for years been targeted by political opponents.

He had for years been faithfully signing contracts with Monsanto for his main soybean crop.

"The museum had for years been largely ignored by residents of the town," he said.

Chechnya had for years been the preoccupation of Russian ground forces.

Meanwhile, secessionists in New England, who had for years been scheming to split from the United States, saw their chance.

By mid-century, Russia had for years been in the stultifying grip of Tsar Nicholas I's harsh orthodoxy.

What had for years been a mundane landscape is now the way Gibson intended, with the woman restored.

This was a disorienting experience for Lee, whose professional identity had for years been entirely subsumed in Jeezy's.