Example sentences of "know [prep] years " in BNC.

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1 I am now going back to the name ‘ Centurion Coins ’ which many customers will know from years past .
2 They they when when I was younger used to go regular but they did n't go regular you know as years advanced .
3 Well he 's a ministerial servant at last he was just sitting there and nothing you know for years since I 've came into the truth , he was , he was n't doing at all nothing and then lately erm , because he did , he did have a business and then he had er some pigeons er racing pigeons and all he was all involved more in making money and er you know , and then gradually he 's got rid of er , of the things that will actually er took a lot of his time , so he spent a lot of time with his family and with in the
4 Yes , but you know for years , when they were growing up in their teens , I was the the tennis net between him and his daughters , where 's she going , who 's she going with , who 's bringing her home , is she wearing eye make up , why 's she wearing nylons and not ankle socks ,
5 We know from years of experience that we are not capable of reading other people 's problems as well as they are .
6 Some of them are sons of friends I 've known for years .
7 People I 've known for years .
8 Anne Nielson was an extraordinary woman , as he had known for years .
9 What is documented in the book is what everyone in sport has known for years — that the use of steroids has been widespread in many sports since the sixties .
10 But lay people can also make good directors — perhaps someone you have known for years , or , say , your house group leader .
11 It 's only in the last few years that everyone has begun talking seriously about fibre in diet , although those who have always eaten a breakfast that includes all-bran have known for years about the virtues of fibre .
12 Veterinarians , horticulturists and environmental scientists have known for years that fluoride at very low concentrations can damage vegetation , aquatic life and livestock ; chemists have learnt to expect the unexpected from this unpredictable element ; and biochemists , physiologists and toxicologists all know that fluoride is a potent poison of enzymes .
13 I really enjoyed experimenting with the Utopia , although I would argue that while one company 's products are undoubtedly the most compatible from the technical standpoint they might not be the best combination for sound — something hi-fi buffs have known for years .
14 On this first video , Mr Colbeck guides you gently through the workings of an array of popular home studio gear ( including the Fostex X28 four-track cassette recorder and the Alesis Quadraverb ) with the friendly manner of a family doctor you 've known for years .
15 In view of my evident misery , both at the onset and towards the end of the disease , the two statements may at first seem irreconcilable : I was desperately unhappy and had known for years that death can put an end to everything , including unhappiness .
16 Around forty of these drawings have been known for years from books and exhibitions , but as things are , I am the only person in the world at the moment to have complete knowledge of what that collection was in its entirety .
17 Ted Power , a fine collector , whom I had known for years and who had seen odd paintings in mixed shows wanted to buy something .
18 on long , summer evenings ) and quite another to go up to a girl , even one I had known for years and actually do such a thing .
19 I 've known for years that I 'm as good a guest at a dinner party as I am a lousy host .
20 We have known for years that there are many wrecks which could be of historical value , telling us about the way in which vessels were constructed and , from their contents , about how ordinary people lived in times past .
21 The said partnership is for economic strategy planning and they have current consultancy projects in what was the USSR , and the one of the three I have known for years , as he shared a Lothian Regional council office with our former upstairs neighbour , lovely now in lake district is off to Moscow next Monday and then to another city ( ? sp ) six thousand miles east of Moscow !
22 You 've known for years he was devious , and he 'd never actually fallen over himself to be nice to you , had he ?
23 He realized afterwards that he had known for years , that there were a hundred fine details that he had chosen to ignore about her behaviour , her phone conversations , the times of her comings and goings .
24 People let their guard slip when they 're travelling ; they 'll tell you things they would n't say to a neighbour they 've known for years .
25 The broken stag had been known for years .
26 For all at once she could feel sweeping in on her a sense of utter desolation , the like of which she had n't known for years .
27 Surely there was no harm in this , just sitting here in her car with David Markham , a man whom after all , she 'd known for years .
28 On the other hand , he said ID cards were ridiculous and confirmed what fans had known for years that they were ill- treated by uncaring clubs who were allowing grounds to fall into disrepair .
29 but this chap he 's known for years
30 No she does n't , it 's things that she 's known for years .
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