Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | That I lived here for many years as a child , that — " |
| 2 | ‘ I lived here for three years , if you want to be precise . ’ |
| 3 | My lover and I lived together for eight years and then when we got rid of the greengrocer 's shop , he ‘ went back to mother ’ . |
| 4 | Anyway to finish that story about stopping and starting , I stopped there for fifty years and me mother was still alive when er when I at ninety three and when I retired in nineteen seventy nine , nineteen eighty I told me mum that I was finishing and she looked at me I told you that job would n't last and I , I , I mean I 'd done fifty years all but a few months . |
| 5 | I stayed there for five years and was still drinking . |
| 6 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 7 | She studied there for three years with Frederick Brown and Henry Tonks [ qq.v. ] , winning a certificate for figure drawing ( 1896–7 ) and the Melvill Nettleship prize for figure composition ( 1897–8 ) . |
| 8 | She hung on for two years , existing on fees for supervising undergraduates and an allowance from her father . |
| 9 | ‘ You hung on for twelve years . ’ |
| 10 | FIVE years after the death of the man she loved passionately for 30 years , Marje Proops still carries his photograph in her handbag . |
| 11 | She found sanctuary in this remote place where she stayed alone for fifteen years . |
| 12 | She stayed there for three years and lost track of her sister during that time . |
| 13 | She remained there for four years , during which time she conducted researches on the optical properties of organic compounds . |
| 14 | She remained there for four years , confined to a cell that would allow her neither to sit nor lie down : it was closed by a large stone that could be moved only by Roger . |
| 15 | We found a neat village south of Peterlee called Elwick , complete with tree-decked , green , Tabatha Twitchet shop and two super pubs , where we lived uneasily for three years . |
| 16 | Shortly afterwards we moved to , and we lived there for many years . |
| 17 | We stayed there for eight years . |
| 18 | We stayed together for two years . |
| 19 | They lived together for four years , and then two years ago they broke up . |
| 20 | So they lived happily for many years . |
| 21 | Nor do they know why for many years , almost to this day , footprints were to be found in a field near to the earthworks of the castle where a famous duel was said to have been fought between two brothers during the Civil War and where no seed would grow . |
| 22 | However , the cows are hardy sucklers and economic feeders ; they breed regularly for many years on extensive systems and are said to ‘ age gracefully ’ . |
| 23 | They worked together for many years ; they would drink together on an evening . |
| 24 | They wander around for forty years in the wilderness ! |
| 25 | She declared : ‘ We will not let him sit there for seven years . |
| 26 | They remained there for thirteen years before taking up a similar position in Liverpool . |
| 27 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 28 | He served there for many years , ultimately becoming chairman . |
| 29 | He signed up for three years with an option |
| 30 | I used to work with him in my mother 's shop — he worked there for twenty-five years , until he died a few years ago . |