Example sentences of "[not/n't] for [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lived with them , not for nine years , but for a while . |
| 2 | Not for two years had Tomba won in Italy . |
| 3 | She had never felt so vulnerable , not for two years . |
| 4 | The disappointment with Wilson felt like Freud must have sort of lingered for quite a long time , cos it was not for eight years that he actually ventured on . |
| 5 | He did n't want that and he would n't give up the mistress either — not for three years . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Anna and the prince had been married , well , if not for twenty years , not much short of it . |
| 7 | But each archaeological site is unique , and once destroyed , it can not be replaced : the information it contained is lost not for 1,000 years or so , but forever . |