Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for several year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before having my first child four years ago , I worked for several years as a secretary at the head office of Sainsbury 's in Canterbury , and a further year as a personal assistant for Kent County Council . |
| 2 | However I do not recall hearing of any problem every being experienced by low-flying military hardware or cruise-level GA over Madley Earth Station which I managed for several years prior to my retirement last year , and which I believe is a much larger facility than Oakhanger . |
| 3 | But she had for several years been living a life which the word frugal does not even begin to describe accurately . |
| 4 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 5 | But that has been in the past and that was a thing that we had for several years had A level plays actually on the stage am I correct ? |
| 6 | By their very quality and integrity they continued for several years after I had been graduated from the post of Talks Producer to higher echelons of musical and dramatic productions . |
| 7 | During the ‘ Killing Times ’ of the 1880s , when the Covenanters were being hunted down and killed mercilessly , the father fled with his family to Ireland , where they stayed for several years , probably until after James II and VII was deposed in 1688 . |
| 8 | And while Toff claims his techniques are very much part of the English slipware tradition , his pots often look like something out of Africa , where he lived for several years . |
| 9 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |
| 10 | In the 1960s he worked for several years in industry , including a period as Chief Architect at Camus , before being appointed Head of the Architectural Division at the National Building Agency . |
| 11 | He worked for several years at the British Rail Works in Swindon , where he was regularly exposed to asbestos . |
| 12 | His alcoholism apparently alienated his former writing partner ; his admirable disinclination to offer any public denial of his homosexuality may have compromised his potential as a solo performer ; and he battled for several years with the throat cancer which finally killed him . |
| 13 | Which it does for several years . |
| 14 | The grass is either permanent or it remains for several years as a long ley . |