Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richardson was the inventor of the cane-spliced cricket bat and a catapult for bowling which was successfully used for many years . |
| 2 | She admitted destroying property by fire and making hoax telephone calls and was conditionally discharged for one year . |
| 3 | Cunningham was conditionally discharged for one year and ordered to pay a total of £65 compensation . |
| 4 | He was conditionally discharged for two years |
| 5 | Her own sense of failure was projected into others in order to ward off a depression about herself which finally overwhelmed her and was not to lift for some years . |
| 6 | A further merger took place in 1847 when the Edinburgh and Dundee Steam Packet Company joined the fleet and in 1852 when regular sailings to Hamburg commenced the name was changed to Leith , Hull and Hamburgh Steam Packet Company ( the spelling of the word ‘ Hamburgh ’ was not to change for some years hence ) . |
| 7 | The idea of the emergent Pacific was not in anyone 's mind , and in any case the reality of it was not to appear for many years . |
| 8 | ‘ It was to be , ’ he recalled , ‘ the first of the kitchen-sink comedies , but , unfortunately , it was not released for three years , making it the last of the kitchen-sink comedies . ’ |
| 9 | A MAN who reaped revenge for an alleged stabbing four years ago was yesterday jailed for two years . |
| 10 | A GIRL was yesterday jailed for five years for stabbing her teenage love rival to death . |
| 11 | THERE can not and should not be any sympathy for Michael Watson , the mugger who was yesterday jailed for five years even though it was a first offence . |
| 12 | A POLICEMAN was yesterday jailed for seven years for raping an 18-year-old woman in his marked patrol car while he was on duty and in uniform . |
| 13 | A HEARTLESS cheat who ripped off dozens of young screen hopefuls by charging £45 for bogus film auditions was yesterday jailed for 2.5 years . |
| 14 | The Glasgow-based solicitor was later suspended for five years for ‘ an exceptional catalogue of delay , neglect and deceit ’ in a number of cases , including Mr Vafa 's . |
| 15 | Danielle Ellison , Pursuitte 's wife , was also jailed for 12 years . |
| 16 | Winnie Mandela and Xoliswa Falati , who was also imprisoned for six years , were both released on bail pending an application for leave to appeal . |
| 17 | BRITON Peter Heather was today jailed for 40 years in Bangkok for heroin smuggling . |
| 18 | It was then shelved for some years , until Lloyd Webber revived the project with lyricists Charles Hart and Don Black . |
| 19 | By September 1985 , this course was actually running for each year , and definitive work-books in study skills and library skills were produced for every child in the first and second years . |
| 20 | The sport 's governing body is also considering suing the American athlete for libel over accusations he made during a campaign to clear his name after he tested positive for steroids in Monte Carlo in August 1990 and was subsequently banned for two years . |
| 21 | Benjamin Moyo , a member of parliament and member of the ruling ZANU-PF party , was recently jailed for five years , with five accomplices , for trying to sell two rhino horns . |