Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for a [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
| 2 | The ground was cropped until it was exhausted and had to be left for a few years to recuperate . |
| 3 | It was felt that this type of exercise would probably not be repeated for a few years . |
| 4 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
| 5 | The government 's Countryside Commission argued that the licence should only have been renewed for a few years during a thorough review of military land requirements . |
| 6 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |