1. They built the sports centre for two years.
2. I have read the book.
3. He forgot to buy vegetables for dinner.
4. Nick has been learning to drive for a year.
5. This author has written children’s books for many years.
6. Scientists at home and abroad have studied the problems of ecology for many years now.
7. The family had lived at the seaside since after the war.
8. I have known Peter since we went to school together.