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She has known me ______ a long
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Not a drop of rain has fallen
______ August. |
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You have not phoned me ______ ages
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She has been studying English
______ she was very young. |
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It has been six years ______ I last
saw you. |
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The child has been ill ______
Thursday. |
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The child has been ill ______ three
days. |
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We have not eaten _______ lunch. |
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We have not eaten ______ six hours. |
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She has been working here ______
ten years. |
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She has been working here ______
she left school. |
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We have not seen her ______ she
left for the States. |
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We have not seen her ______ more
than five years. |
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She went to Jakarta to work and we
have not seen her ______. |
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We have not seen her ______ umpteen
years. |
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Our school has not won the
inter-school football championship ______ 1995. |
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Our school has not won the
inter-school football championship ______ more than nine years. |
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He started working in this firm
after graduating from university and has been there ______. |
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He has been working in this firm
______ as long as anyone can remember. |
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I went to a Christmas dinner and have not had a better meal
______. |
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