Example sentences of "for [adj] years [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I had known Bruce for some years as he often ministered to friends , and on two or three occasions when he had laid his hands on my back , the heat emanating from them was like a blowtorch . |
| 32 | The rate of change in media will continue at this pace for some years and we can take nothing for granted . |
| 33 | Reagan hammered away at themes which he had been developing for some years and which would be wheeled out every time he ran for public office . |
| 34 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 35 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 36 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 37 | I stayed with Robert Fraser for some years and it all ended with Robert going to jail on the famous drug bust with the Rolling Stones . |
| 38 | The trouble was that after they were born , children had to wait for six years before they could be sent to school and forgotten for most of the day . |
| 39 | He had been married to Ellen for six years but they had no children . |
| 40 | It was great and probably would have been with the exception of the video going to number one , it probably would be the highlight of our career cos we 'd been out of had n't been working in Ireland for six years and we were back in and did a sell out concert tour and I think that was really good . |
| 41 | It led to a dialogue with Montefiore , with my telling him about my friend who has had AIDS now for six years and who , thanks to AZT , is still alive . |
| 42 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
| 43 | All required records must be preserved for three years if it is a private company or for six years if it is a public one . |
| 44 | In another case , a director of an investment company was disqualified for 10 years and his co-director for six years because they had caused the company to continue trading while insolvent , had transferred assets to other companies which subsequently failed , and had been seriously negligent . |
| 45 | She lay derelict for 10 years before she was restored for the Museum in 1988 . |
| 46 | Mr Gros said : ‘ No one has died in an avalanche here for 10 years and there has never been one at that spot before . |
| 47 | In another case , a director of an investment company was disqualified for 10 years and his co-director for six years because they had caused the company to continue trading while insolvent , had transferred assets to other companies which subsequently failed , and had been seriously negligent . |
| 48 | They have n't been champions for 26 years and it could be another 26 before they win it again . |
| 49 | He was president of the county in 1964 and 1965 and was honorary secretary for 26 years until his death . |
| 50 | Erm your statement of purpose you , you er you , you gave over and at that point , you know , I 've had a policy for thirteen years or whatever it is why , why I have n't seen somebody before erm and again you , you gave an answer to that erm which , which actually satisfied there was n't any , any comeback on it erm you mentioned industry and so on and that was , that was , that was f that was okay . |
| 51 | He 's been breeding Herefords for 45 years and it breaks his heart to see us importing rubbish from overseas . |
| 52 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 53 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 54 | ‘ An initial contract may be for three years but we have to look further than that . |
| 55 | Lucy Lane had been working in his team for three years but he felt that he knew her only a little better than he had done after her first month . |
| 56 | Fulham will pay a low introductory rent for three years while they seek a partial redevelopment of the stadium . |
| 57 | My husband was banned for three years after he 'd killed me . ’ |
| 58 | On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary . |
| 59 | All required records must be preserved for three years if it is a private company or for six years if it is a public one . |
| 60 | ‘ The plans have existed for three years and no-one has asked the supporters for their opinion , ’ says a spokesman . |