Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] for year [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were mill-owners in Bradford and Leeds who had been begging her for years to leave Old Ashfield and go to live with them in their fine houses . |
| 2 | All the ones , the old secretaries who 've been using it for years think it 's absolutely wonderful . |
| 3 | ‘ Planned it for years to give me pleasure in my retirement and now it 's just getting into a mess . |
| 4 | But if you want your life story to grip them by the throat and take them along for a rattling good ride which will haunt them for years to come — forget it . |
| 5 | The responsibility was going to haunt him for years to come . |
| 6 | ‘ Fergie has made a big mistake and I 'm sure the decision will haunt him for years to come . ’ |