Example sentences of "[v-ing] many years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anna Freud writing many years later in her classic book , erm , Normality of Pathology in Childhood , erm , candidly admits that er , the first generation of analysts was wrong about this , and she , she , she , she candidly says that the analytic profession changed its view , although Freud never did . |
| 2 | We can see this clearly in the story of the men at Ephesus ( Acts 19 ) who had not heard of the gift of Pentecost even though they were living many years after that event . |
| 3 | On the positive side , I drank in moderation and never spirits , and I had virtually given up smoking many years ago . |
| 4 | The National Council for Civil Liberties ( Liberty ) believes that it is unacceptable that we have no legal right to privacy in this country and that individuals have to look to Europe — waiting many years for a result — for protection against arbitrary interference with this right . |
| 5 | After first removing many years ’ worth of nicotine from the walls , that is . ’ |
| 6 | Being fascinated with the problems of developing highly professional staff , and having many years of experience in recruiting from almost every British campus , I could not accept them as good building stone and felt obliged to turn them down . |
| 7 | Bishop Harris , was ordained to the priesthood in 1942 , spending many years in parochial work and then the testing apostolate of the prison service . |
| 8 | After spending many years in America , novelist Monica Dickens has returned to live in the English countryside . |
| 9 | Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities . |
| 10 | Deacon 's plan would involve every nuclear power station in Britain becoming a ‘ mini-Windscale ’ , storing many years worth of spent fuel on-site . |
| 11 | In the near half-century since that Windrush summer I have heard the work performed by many artists , but never to impress as much as in that lovely seascape setting many years ago . |
| 12 | Your contribution to the work of CPRW has been considerable , spanning many years . |
| 13 | ‘ I started working many years ago , I can not remember how many , certainly over 15 . |