Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two forms of design right are proposed , one subject to registration , the other right being unregistered but only lasting for three years . |
| 2 | Nature , produced by Robin Hellier , has a lot of pace as did Horizon 's The Geneva event ( BBC2 , 24 January ) What the latter did not have was much patience with the aspirant but relatively unlearned student of what is going on in the world of high energy physics The main Geneva event — the identification of the W subatomic particle which , with the Z , will enable the theory that the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified within a single framework to be sustained — has yet to be announced , though it is believed imminent Horizon had been patiently filming for four years . |
| 3 | The sixth-form course in the City Technology Colleges is envisaged as generally lasting for two years . |
| 4 | Charlie Francis is guilty of a sporting crime — of that I am sure — but what about the guilt of those in high officialdom who have allowed the situation to go on growing for 20 years without trying to stop it ? |
| 5 | During 1785 he made six more balloon flights , notably taking William Windham , MP [ q.v. ] , as a passenger on 5 May , but then gave up ballooning for twenty-five years . |
| 6 | In 1878 she gave up teaching for two years , following a breakdown in health . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll never let you in , not if you go on crying for twenty years ! ’ |