Example sentences of "back for years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sad that such talent and thought should create such a nightmarish and harrowing depiction of mental handicap , which left viewers saddened and stunned by what they saw , and may have put back for years the progress towards a real understanding of mental handicap among the general public . |
| 2 | He had the order books going back for years and years and he was able to show me . |
| 3 | I 'd hardly been back for years — only briefly , when Mama died . |
| 4 | ‘ It must be nice to have pictures of your family going back for years . |
| 5 | Workers are more limited to particular geographical locations , and workers ' organizations can be completely destroyed or set back for years by unsuccessful struggles such as long running strikes or ( still more ) a general strike . |
| 6 | There were dark schemes afoot , he said — some with their roots going back for years — and if Hitler could achieve it , the replacement of King George by his brother could only occur at the cost of Winston 's life . |