Example sentences of "[pers pn] for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have n't really seen me for years . ’ |
| 2 | — His great-grandad lived next door to me for years , before they took him away to that home . |
| 3 | I did n't say anything about this to my parents at the time , but the sight haunted me for years . |
| 4 | She ca n't wait for me for years and years . |
| 5 | But it 's the nasty business of disposing of stock , and having to fire men who 've been with me for years . |
| 6 | The money Danica gave my mother was not enough to buy one of the better sorts of bicycle , but it was no good buying a cheap one as it would have to last me for years . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's puzzled me for years that four times out of five the Wheel is recovered , but I ca n't recollect a single instance of the Scapegoat being brought in . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But you keep telling me she 's been in love with me for years . |
| 9 | And he , even as he turned his damp face towards me , pink and stupid in his unbuttoned uniform , could only be Casey , rooted in my dreams now , the same leering grin that will haunt me for years . |
| 10 | But I have given her up , and in any case she has meant nothing to me for years . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Although , God knows ’ , he said , ‘ the poor Birds ought to have a holiday from me for years to come , for I have been incessantly shooting and my own gun was not the only one that waged war upon them . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I have ; but when he confronts Richard he will be told that he could be taken to court ; he 's been at me for years . |
| 13 | So , I tried to make it up to her in every way I could — though it was n't easy — she went on hating me for years . ’ |
| 14 | Now governments and cities are starting to listen to economists , who have been telling them for years that the use of road space should not be a free gift to motorists . |
| 15 | You can know everything about a person , and know them for years , and still be miles away from them . |
| 16 | And despite complaining about charges for dental checks , it would not consider removing them for years . |
| 17 | Vaguely she wondered why the daily woman who had been with them for years had not put in an appearance before now , and listened in vain for the cheerful clatter of tea-cups in the passage outside . |
| 18 | He 's worked with them for years . |
| 19 | Cheapies are fine — I have been using them for years ! |
| 20 | The British have been voicing them for years . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A later commentator says that the plan " had been cherished by them for years " and it could very well have its roots in the Caledonian Press experiment , which had ended a mere eight years earlier . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you 'd known them for years . |
| 24 | ‘ I found as the charred remains came to light that one of their employees , who had left the firm last year , had been embezzling them for years and had set fire to the premises so that no trace could be found of his dirty work . |
| 25 | Her mother had kept in touch with them for years , and Judith remembered that when she was a child her father had sent them money to have that photograph taken . |
| 26 | Now , having beaten West Indies three times in quick succession after not having beaten them for years , outclassing New Zealand 2–0 out there , the first team in over a decade to win a Test rubber there , and of course reaching the World Cup final , England are now a force to be reckoned with . |
| 27 | You do n't need to hoard them for years , I know some people who hoard receipts for years . |
| 28 | Models have been wearing them for years . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , yes , we have been hunting them for years . |
| 30 | I 've got a lot of my favourite garments from them , and I 've had them for years , ’ she says . |