Example sentences of "to have [verb] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I like to think that I have a lot to offer as well and I do n't want to have to wait years before I get the opportunity to prove myself . |
| 2 | I suspected that Gillian was getting rid of Wyatt as a way of breaking with her father ( who did n't even come to the wedding , incidentally ) and pointing out to her Mum what she ought to have done years before . |
| 3 | Recognising the hopelessness of her situation , she had resolved to do what she ought to have done years ago , and systematically banished him from her heart . |
| 4 | I , since the time when I first became morally certain I was in love , seem to have grown years older … |
| 5 | He was asking me about some man called Payne who seems to have died years ago . |