Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] for year " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the game between human and bacteria , the ‘ shadow of the future ’ is normally long since a typical human can be expected to live for years from any given starting-point . |
| 2 | With over a quarter of the UK fleet of rigid ( urban delivery ) vehicles over eight years old , high street deliveries are also destined to smell for years . |
| 3 | The most dramatic breakthrough came in 1970 as Courtaulds , the textile giant , was upgrading its machinery and selling off cheaply equipment which had been built to last for years . |
| 4 | Do remember that , contrary to the cynics ' view of built-in obsolescence , most major appliances — refrigerators , stoves , dishwashers and so on — are built to last for years , so , as far as possible , you should keep future changes of circumstances in mind as well as your present needs . |
| 5 | The freeze on spirits duty acknowledges , if it does not yet rectify , the wholly unjust domestic tax regime against which the Scotch whisky industry has had to struggle for years . |
| 6 | Many of them had had to wrestle for years with their consciences and suffer agonies of anxiety and insecurity before they could finally convince themselves that they were included within the elect group of saints which was predestined for heaven . |
| 7 | This terrorist activity brought home to Americans what the United Kingdom and , more recently , the city of London has had to tolerate for years . |
| 8 | SPIKE LEE has entered into a contract with Universal Pictures that is scheduled to run for years . |
| 9 | Customers who were not known to smile for years actually could not help making the odd comment to the cashiers . |
| 10 | In one way Weegee is the film Temple has wanted to do for years . |
| 11 | In Britain alone , Glasgow St Enoch 's was torn down in European Architectural Heritage Year ( 1975 ) ; Birmingham Snow Hill was allowed to rot for years and finally demolished on safety grounds , epitomizing a technique in all too frequent use — deliberate and wanton neglect given as a justification for removal . |
| 12 | After all , you have managed to survive for years without suffering from severe vitamin deficiency — scurvy , rickets , or such things . |