Example sentences of "not [vb pp] for [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | As promised , his regime had delivered a degree of governmental stability that France had not enjoyed for many years . |
| 2 | He let himself think , as he had not done for many years , of Célestine , of their year together in London , and as he had known it would , the memory made him deeply unhappy . |
| 3 | He put his arm around her shoulders , as he had not done for many years . |
| 4 | It is hitting even my constituency in a way it has not done for many years . |
| 5 | Naked , she walked into the bathroom and there surveyed herself in a way she had not done for some years . |
| 6 | Mr. Major said that the inflation figure was remarkable in a way not seen for many years . |
| 7 | In this new atmosphere the legislature displayed a determination to defend itself against executive encroachment , not seen for some years . |
| 8 | Aycock has not shown for some years and so fans of her precisely-crafted contraptions have a great treat in store when her show opens at John Weber on 13 February . |
| 9 | Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives . |
| 10 | Much of the mill 's corn milling equipment , as well as the iron water wheel , still survive , although not worked for many years . |
| 11 | The speculator 's sole intention is to secure a profit without providing any input , even if this is not achieved for many years . |
| 12 | In part , as the UNCTC considers , this is due to a ‘ widespread impression that service industries consist largely of technologically stagnant , small-scale personal services based on unskilled labour working with little capital in ways that have not changed for many years ’ . |