Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun prp] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Khmers Rouges ran Kampuchea for three years until 1978 , when the invading Vietnamese put them to flight . |
| 2 | This stubborn but uncorrupt dictator ruled Portugal for 40 years , and never once went abroad , apart from rare visits to his chum Franco . |
| 3 | This popular prime-time , Sunday evening CBS network show provided Reagan for eight years with ‘ a vehicle for becoming familiar to a whole new generation of young people who would later vote for him . |
| 4 | Hills was the first US Cabinet-level official to visit Taiwan for 13 years . |
| 5 | The Soviet Minister of Culture , Nikolai Gubenko , became the most senior Soviet official to visit Taiwan for 40 years when he arrived on Nov. 11 for " private discussions " on possible cultural contacts . |
| 6 | ‘ Peter Kavanagh supported Patrick for 40 years . |