Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] for a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Larry and Tina have been living together for a year . |
| 2 | McGillicuddy would n't relish the idea of giving up the General Director 's job as European overlord , but he was also sixty and could be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . |
| 3 | He 'll be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . ’ |
| 4 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 5 | It 's dragging on , it 's been dragging on for a year , but I 'm getting there slowly and I feel a lot more confident than last time . |
| 6 | East Stand ) Neither of them are now at leeds , one is playing in the USA and the other is dossing around for a year ( so he says ) before trying to get in with a lower division club . |
| 7 | MGM was not quite as happy with The Crowd ( 1928 ) , which was held back for a year and temporarily given a happy ending and which proved only to be as Kine Weekly predicted ‘ a sound box office success ’ rather than a runaway winner . |