Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lived for many years in the north of England . |
| 2 | Good Friday is about punks at Hastings , where I lived for many years , seen feeding a hot-cross bun to pigeons . |
| 3 | I believed for many years that I could move towards the future and leave the past behind , that there was no need for me to return home . |
| 4 | I believe that I speak for many others , both in my party and outside it , who want to see a successful conclusion at Maastricht and who want political and economic union in Europe to go forward . |
| 5 | Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had . |
| 6 | Is the Minister aware that , before I came to this place , I served for many years on a local authority as chairman of the environmental health committee , which had a wonderful section for meat inspection ? |
| 7 | I had for many years had this feeling about myself-that I looked like that — not literally , but in an inner way I felt I did . |
| 8 | I had for many months loved her from afar . |
| 9 | I have for many years enjoyed dabbling with valve amplifiers , usually modifying old ones , but all the information I have has to be gleaned from circuit diagrams or an old Mullard handbook containing a selection of designs ( I 'm sure you know the one ! ) . |
| 10 | As a beekeepers wife I have for many years had to use soap powder rather than scented detergent as bees do n't appreciate the chemical scents in many whiter-than-white products ( Letters NI 208 ) . |
| 11 | She lived for many years , and preserved a record that she had been treated with Penicillium . |
| 12 | A graduate in sociology and education at Florence University , she has for many years contributed articles to Protestant and ecumenical newspapers and currently writes a monthly survey on television for the journal Confronti . |
| 13 | The garden depicted with such passionate intensity is based on one at Maytham Hall , a house in Kent which she rented for many years and last visited in 1907 . |
| 14 | Among other pursuits she served for many years as a Stewardess with the Donaldson Line which took her all over the world . |
| 15 | I am sure she speaks for many people in the village who are alarmed and distressed at the school conflict , of which they have probably been aware only since the parents ' petition . |
| 16 | ‘ Have you tried for many jobs ? ’ she asked . |
| 17 | Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days . |
| 18 | In the early 1960s I remember caddying for Brian Huggett and Peter Butler , but in those days we caddied for many players . |
| 19 | " And we worked for many years before we collected a single cup of rubber , do you hear ? |
| 20 | We talk for many hours . |
| 21 | We talked for many weeks , and gradually he genuinely came to see my point of view and to agree that it made sense . |
| 22 | Erm peo , people ca n't have it all ways , there has n't been any cut in the police service , in the police budget , I 'm sorry , erm we have for many years funded the police in a very generous way . |
| 23 | At all ages , dog-whelks feed on discrete , easily identifiable , macroscopic sedentary prey ( upon which they remain for many hours or days ) which not only renders predator/prey investigations in the field possible but also facilitates the maintenance of these animals in aquaria . |
| 24 | They had for many years been estranged from each other . |
| 25 | They had for many years been letting cottages — although many more than we — and were just starting to think of selling up and living a quieter life . |
| 26 | We have been and are very well served in N V C O. Our President , Sir Kenneth , our vice-presidents , and in particular , the Chair , the Vice-Chairs , and Treasurer , give us a great deal of their time , and I do mean give , as they work for many hours on behalf of N C V O without payment . |
| 27 | He lived for many years at Brockham , Betchworth , Surrey , and died there 10 April 1935 . |
| 28 | It 's a help , but not a complete solution to the problem because once chlorine has been released in the stratosphere , it persists for many years and goes on destroying ozone . |
| 29 | An Oxford rugby blue in 1959 and 1960 and a keen sailor , Sir Robin , 54 , is remembered by many Whitehall contemporaries as the shrewd captain of the Mandarins cricket team which he led for many years . |
| 30 | By 1820 , it was owned and worked by Robert Wight , who continued to manufacture cloth there , the mill becoming known as Wights Mill , a name that it retained for many years . |