Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] for [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best thing about Christmas is buying well thought out gifts that will give pleasure and use for many years to come . |
| 2 | The house was built at the turn of the century as a country home and used for many years as a shooting lodge . |
| 3 | He will be badly injured but will return to the Highlands and live for many years . ’ |
| 4 | Educated , like Lilian Lawson , at Donaldson 's School and the Mary Hare Grammar School , Irene qualified as a teacher and taught for some years at the Northern Counties School for the Deaf in Newcastle-upon-Tyne before joining the staff of the BDA in 1981 . |
| 5 | The company was set up in 1970 to sell Courtelle acrylic fibre made in Calais , staffed mostly by French people and managed for many years by a Frenchman , . |
| 6 | Is it because you are expected to express good wishes or thanks , or because you are old and wise and expected to give advice , or because you are an extrovert and known for being humorous , because you are closely related to the other members of the family , or because you are a friend who has known the bride and groom for many years ? |
| 7 | She is an APRS member and has for many years been a life member of other heritage and conservation bodies . |