Example sentences of "for [art] [noun] of years the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local press and radio picked up the story and carried it week after week — for a couple of years the gay struggle was big news for the folks back home . |
| 2 | For a couple of years the low cliffs of unconsolidated coombe rock and brickearth were eroded at the rate of 3.5–6m ( 12–20 ft ) per year before they were boarded in and a new groyne system established . |
| 3 | For a number of years the Broken Axe tribe wandered west and north , conquering the Orc and Goblin tribes of the southern Worlds Edge Mountains and the Badlands . |
| 4 | For a number of years the efforts of those who were proponents of this vision were either contained or circumvented by the majority , who resisted such a massive change . |
| 5 | That must be extremely dubious , considering that for a number of years the payments were made under protest . |
| 6 | While the company has observed for a number of years the thrust of most of the recommendations put forward in the code of best practice , some of our procedures have been adjusted so that the form as well as the spirit of the code is met . |