Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean for thirty years we feel like brothers and sisters with them , and it is unfortunate that Saddam Hussein has turned it all now against everybody . |
| 2 | did n't understand for two years I mean told the regulator |
| 3 | He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity . |
| 4 | Yeah I worked for fives years I 've plenty of practice |
| 5 | That I wanted to come from school but they would n't all ow me to come from school because me father had signed for four years you see . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Before looking at the way in which the sector has changed in recent years we examine the role of the Bank of England . |