Example sentences of "years i [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For years I believed I did n't have even one person I could call family , ’ he said . |
| 2 | So after four years I thought I 'd survived . |
| 3 | And if you volunteered for five years I know you got fifty pound for that which was a hell of a lot of money , a year 's wage in some peoples ' eyes that was you know . |
| 4 | For years I allowed him to treat me like dirt . |
| 5 | But as times became more difficult with the passing years I suppose she had neither the time nor the inclination to play music . |
| 6 | Over the years I suppose I 've become known as a dotty naturalist but I try to be rational and I think it 's a pity the Greens are n't more practical . |
| 7 | Although to someone of your tender years I suppose I do seem quite old and decrepit . ’ |
| 8 | It 's erm it 's been very interesting actually this last month because erm talk about your sons joining the enemy erm my second son who 's been up in Cheshire for well , twenty years I suppose he 's just been appointed senior art adviser for Devon . |