Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] for a [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 2 | This year Mansell has finally claimed the championship he has chased for a dozen years . |
| 3 | This year Mansell has finally claimed the championship he has chased for a dozen years . |
| 4 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 5 | The Zombie ( played by a well-known Horror Film Specialist ) had walked for a thousand years in a subterranean cavern which was broken open by an earthquake in Lisbon . |
| 6 | We 've known for a hundred years that there were Roman burials in this area . |
| 7 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 8 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |