Example sentences of "[vb pp] for four years " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened in London in 1898 in The Three Musketeers , and then toured for four years , adding fifty new parts to the first thirty . |
| 2 | The two banks had agreed that BBV should be co-chaired for four years by a member from each side ( the other co-president being José Angel Sánchez Asiaín — Banco de Bilbao ) , but Banco de Bilbao was anxious to appoint a single president . |
| 3 | He was done for four years for fraud . |
| 4 | ‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone . |
| 5 | However , the full effect of this will not be felt for four years since the government has provided resources to cushion the transfer from rates to the community charge . |
| 6 | If the application is successful , a patent will be granted for four years initially and may be renewed , annually , up to a maximum of twenty years from the date the application is filed ( the priority date ) . |
| 7 | That we would wait for our mother to come home from work with ‘ Lucky Packets ’ full of sherbet , that most of our childhood had been outdoors and here we were inside , with our dad home again , our dad who we had n't seen for four years , here we were having crossed the equator with nine suitcases , where flying fish leapt from the sea , to be in this place . |
| 8 | It was closed for four years from 1980 to 1984 , with the army occupying the campus , and since then has struggled to continue its academic work . |
| 9 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 10 | And I was very sad to face the fact that , having hoped for four years , I might now never have a second child . |
| 11 | They are appointed for four years . |
| 12 | Mr Steward may feel that the project is ‘ low key ’ , but when a nine acre sand and gravel pit is proposed to be worked for four years only a matter of 45 metres from the nearest residence and 280 metres from the centre of Cross Green ( Atlas Aggregate 's figures ) , the residents of Cockfield are entitled to feel differently . |
| 13 | That I wanted to come from school but they would n't all ow me to come from school because me father had signed for four years you see . |
| 14 | I nursed my mother who was blind and bed ridden for four years before her death . |
| 15 | He has studied for four years at the Beda College in Rome . |
| 16 | She had survived for four years without him ; she did n't need him any more . |
| 17 | FATHER JAILED FOR BREAKING BABY 'S BONES A father who broke his baby son 's bones in six places was jailed for four years today . |
| 18 | A father who broke his nine-week-old son 's bones in six places , was jailed for four years at Nottingham Crown Court yesterday . |
| 19 | A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds to finance his search for a perfect gambling system was jailed for four years . |
| 20 | A FORMER head of a council children 's home was jailed for four years yesterday for indecency against young boys in his care which he committed almost 15 years ago . |
| 21 | Khmail , jailed for four years for intifada-related offences , was appointed to the Palestinian side by Mr Faisal al Husseini , delegation head , according to Israeli reports . |
| 22 | A SWINDLER who fleeced banks out of £2.2 million was jailed for four years yesterday . |
| 23 | Luo Haixing , a businessman , and Li Peicheng received five-year prison terms , while Li Longqing was jailed for four years . |
| 24 | In 1979 Vaclav Havel was jailed for four years on charges of ‘ attempted subversion of the republic ’ . |
| 25 | Two animal rights campaigners who took part in a series of firebombings have each been jailed for four years . |
| 26 | David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit . |
| 27 | A bird breeder has been jailed for four years after stolen rare birds were found wrapped in sacking in the boot of his car . |
| 28 | A Kingston Crown Court the umemployed father of six , was jailed for four years . |
| 29 | He was jailed for four years at the High Court , Edinburgh in July 1992 when a jury found him guilty of indecently assaulting an 18-year-old boy he met in St Andrews Bus Station , Edinburgh . |
| 30 | A STORNOWAY man was jailed for four years at the High Court in Inverness after being convicted of hijacking a lorry with a £30,000 load of spirits , tobacco and groceries . |