Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for two year " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made me wait for two years . |
| 2 | Depending how quick they actually okay them erm I mean for two years , three years now they they 've just gone straight through with no queries at all . |
| 3 | I joined Dateline then and went out with one person I met for two years , but then I moved away with my work . |
| 4 | I served for two years , 18 months of which where in Egypt , during the so called Middle East Crisis , where it was not unusual to be sniped at , almost daily , by an unseen enemy who did n't always miss . |
| 5 | Following this period in the homoeopathic hospital I worked for two years in a professorial immunological unit where I set up studies in allergy to assess the efficacy of homoeopathic remedies in house-dust-mite allergy and hay fever ( allergy to grass pollens ) . |
| 6 | I wish I could afford to stay at home — in fact I did for two years . |
| 7 | I was feeling much happier than I had for two years . |
| 8 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 9 | Both countries were among the non-permanent membership of the Council , which sits for two years , the others for that particular two-year period being Canada , Colombia , the Ivory Coast , Ethiopia , Finland , Malaysia , Romania and Zaire . |
| 10 | In addition Gary Nesbitt , who was the non-executive deputy chairman , and Michael Isaacs , who was the development director , have agreed to a non-competition agreement , which last for two years in Mr Nesbitt 's case and 18 months in Mr Isaacs ' . |
| 11 | The turning-point in Lynn 's career came in 1922 when Leslie Henson and Tom Walls [ qq.v. ] cast him in Tons of Money , a sparkling farce which ran for two years at the Shaftesbury Theatre . |
| 12 | She studied for two years in audio-visual design . |
| 13 | Renowned for her ‘ tomboyish tastes ’ ( she would , even in evening dress , always carry a knife and some string about her person ) , Emma went on to the School for Ornamental Art and began to support early Victorian feminist causes , making an initial living as a restorer of stained-glass windows notably in the chapel of Merton College , Oxford , where she worked for two years in the early 1860s . |
| 14 | The Sub-faculty of Chemistry , which consists of all those involved in the teaching of the subject , meets once a term with an elected chairman ( not usually a professor ) who serves for two years . |
| 15 | Dewi , a former Tokyo bar girl , had faced up to 16 years in prison but could now avoid jail completely if she behaves for two years . |
| 16 | Her first professional appearance was in Montreal with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens , with whom she stayed for two years before returning home to use her classically trained talents in summer stock productions of Bye , Bye , Birdie ; Fiorello ; and Blossom Time . |
| 17 | Hall offered her a job , and there she stayed for two years working sixty to seventy hours a week and still commuting back to Blackheath , except on press night , which would go on all night , once a fortnight . |
| 18 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
| 19 | I had two people working for me then , and basically what we did for two years was to do this type of work on unbelievable amounts of equipment . |
| 20 | He travelled widely in those days , often accompanied by his wife , and they lived for two years in the United States where he was responsible for ICI 's affairs in North and South America . |
| 21 | His stature increased and with such international renown it was natural for him to serve for two years , 1970–2 , as the President of the International Society of Electrochemistry . |
| 22 | A proposal for the reform of the Italian railway network advocated the dismissal of the board if it failed for two years running to achieve performance targets ( Santoro 1985 ) , and the Spanish Socialist government has similarly toyed with the idea of sacking unsuccessful chairmen ( Tamames 1983 : 371 ) . |
| 23 | ( Van , 1896 ) On his return to England my father was appointed to the Consular Service and posted to Taranto in southern Italy , where he served for two years . |
| 24 | Educated at Leeds Grammar School , he graduated in classics and divinity at Trinity College , Dublin , in 1904 , after which he taught for two years at a school in West Kirby in Liverpool . |
| 25 | His friends say the van , which he kept for two years until he turned professional in 1954 , helped teach him more about comedy than anything else . |
| 26 | However , an existing tenancy entered into prior to the above date will not be protected , unless it continues for two years , when it will come within the 1954 Act from 11 July 1992 and be protected thereafter . |
| 27 | In 1907 Scott returned to I Tatti where he remained for two years , acting as secretary-librarian to Berenson , by whose intensely aesthetic approach to the study of art he was powerfully influenced . |