Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun sg] for many [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Leaving school at 15 , she got a job as a fish filleter , and stuck gamely to this hard darg for many years .
2 I dreamed about this one-legged seaman for many nights afterwards .
3 James ( The Amazing ) Randi has been a member of this select set for many years now .
4 It led him to spend endless hours in the House of Commons , far more than any Prime Minister for many years before , far more than any of his successors .
5 In reality , the unhappy experiences of United Motors at its Dublin plant had effectively ensured that no major future expansion would be undertaken in that enigmatic country for many years .
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