Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] some year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late Miss Pepper , who lived for some years at The Bield , spoke of the ‘ throwing up ’ of fleeces during clipping to a helper on the gallery . |
| 2 | The story of Hereward was later popularised by the novelist Charles Kingsley ( 1819–1875 ) , who lived for some years at Barnack Rectory , about four miles to the south-east of Stamford . |
| 3 | After the fall of Calais , when war ceased for some years , the king had to persuade the commons that direct taxes should continue in order to finance the defence of English positions abroad , notably Calais itself , and to maintain English forces in a state of readiness in case the enemy broke the truce and resumed the war . |
| 4 | After 1967 Jordan hoped that it could recover the West Bank , and believed for some years that this would be possible . |
| 5 | ’ He paid for some years and then ceased payment . |
| 6 | In addition Hickey served for some years as deputy to the sheriff of Calcutta and became clerk to Sir Henry Russell [ q.v. ] , ultimately chief justice of the Supreme Court . |
| 7 | Two locomotives ( ’ North Star ’ and ‘ Lord of the Isles ’ ) survived for some years at the Swindon works , but were judges to be taking up too much room and Churchward ordered that they be scrapped after the Science Museum had turned them down . |
| 8 | When he came out he worked for some years at a stud-farm at Henley ( Suffolk ) ; then he went back to smithing and worked for many years at Needham Market , a large village near Ipswich : |
| 9 | Helen Tritton ( Mrs Stammers ) worked for some years as a Hospital Physicist before the birth of her three children . |
| 10 | Berners passed on some years ago , but some things have n't changed . |
| 11 | The Bradwell School Board in the beginning comprised Rev A.C. Woodhouse , Messrs Ward , Wyllie , C.W. Powell ( Solicitor ) , and it appears they struggled for some years . |
| 12 | But that one was and I heard a year ago but I never saw it till the bus driver I went with some years ago up to John O'Groats . |
| 13 | She put in some years of hard work as hon secretary of the BA ‘ s South Western Branch , and acted as its training officer , finally becoming chairman from 1979 until her retirement . |
| 14 | Blaney 's success in the States lasted for some years and then , in 1910 , the affluent company decided to tour Great Britain . |
| 15 | Sporadic cases of the disease continued for some years and from time to time it was necessary to reopen the hospital for their reception . |
| 16 | This correspondence continued for some years until 1878 when they moved to late in June . |
| 17 | It was in the 1370s that the balance of the economy was seriously altered ; from 1372 there was a fall in basic food prices but no drop in wages , and this continued for some years , putting pressure on the profit margins which the manorial lords could secure from their estates ( 60 ) . |
| 18 | It emerged that Hayman had for some years been connected with the Paedophile Information Exchange ( PIE ) , and had received their contact magazine — carrying advertisements from men seeking sex with children — through the post . |
| 19 | Similar assumptions were made by those authorities , like the London County Council , which had for some years been committed to the development of comprehension . |
| 20 | Stravinsky had for some years been his favourite composer , and he had worked with Hanns on ideas for the setting and costumes . |
| 21 | He had dropped me a note the day he left advising me to sell , so sell I did , but despite many hours spent traipsing round the East End I could only find one interested party : Mr Cohen , who had for some years conducted his tailor 's business from above my father 's shop and wanted to expand . |
| 22 | It was a decision which he regretted for some years , although within the university he proved an effective teacher and he was dean of the faculty of science from 1894 until 1913 . |
| 23 | As James Galway wrote after some years with the Berlin Philharmonic , ‘ Karajan would never accept the standard noise . ’ |
| 24 | After a spell in private practice , Vial was made equerry to Louis XVI and chef de manège of the Lyons riding academy , a post he apparently held for some years , but could not retain . |