Example sentences of "[noun] for [adj] years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ All I know is that we 've signed him on a playing contract for four years and we 're delighted to have him back . |
| 2 | My husband and I have lived in Germany for 16 years and we have two lovely children who were both born here . |
| 3 | He 's been breeding Herefords for 45 years and it breaks his heart to see us importing rubbish from overseas . |
| 4 | Mike just a point of information I have been teaching in Harlow for twenty years and I 've never been asked by anybody at the playhouse what play 's who 's like to see in my school . |
| 5 | It is a fact that the written essay — usually of 400 to 500 words long — has dominated the English language and literature curriculum for many years because it has been seen as the main vehicle for the transmission of knowledge in written examinations . |
| 6 | Jarvefelt was an actor in Stockholm for five years before he got into opera , and — like many theatre people — he was disinclined to challenge the presumed limitations of opera singers as actors . |
| 7 | Florrie had been very friendly with Nellie for many years and she nodded sympathetically . |
| 8 | ‘ Terry had been on tea for four years before he first began using horse . ’ |
| 9 | I have been going out with my girlfriend for three years and she wants us to get married but I 'm not so sure ! |
| 10 | Rachel had n't seen Irene Markham for five years but she was shocked by how much older she looked . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been involved in football for 24 years and we have been talking about this problem for all that time . |
| 12 | Friends of Eleanor , 52 , said : ‘ Eleanor had known about Sandy 's friendship for two years but she decided enough was enough . ’ |
| 13 | A DJ for nine years since he was sixteen , Djaimin was born of an Italian father and English mum — but we still had to use Mike as an interpreter . |
| 14 | The other aspect is there are a large number of people a large number of these countries depend on their forest industries for producing foreign exchange which is particularly scant , a lot of the world , particularly Africa is suffering from debt problems , erm I worked in Uganda for 14 years and I found it really to get back there : the salary of a forest officer now is something , is worth in real terms something like 1 percent of what it was in 1962. erm His salary in 1962 was something in the region of six thousand a year in present terms , it 's now worth £60. erm He has to go out and get most of his livelihood from some other source , and Uganda 's an extreme case , but there are many other African countries where the position is similar . |
| 15 | Remember that textbooks serve as reference books for many years after you have " mastered " the subject . |
| 16 | Fulham will pay a low introductory rent for three years while they seek a partial redevelopment of the stadium . |
| 17 | If you had a bloke like John tha that virtually ran the force for several years whether you liked him or whether you did n't he he he was efficient in running the force erm especially when Charlie was was into the erm in a big way and he spent very little time with Nottinghamshire John ran the force made the decisions and cracked on with it |
| 18 | Margaret was in the Air Force for some years but I could n't say what they did for work . |
| 19 | We 're prepared to sustain losses for several years while we get it going . |
| 20 | I was in , I was in the industry for thirty years before I realized or find out that it 's an Arabian craft . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 23 | She had lived in the States for several years but she still retained her British accent , though she often maintained that she loathed England and would never return to it . |
| 24 | I 've worked in these homes for fifteen years and it was going on when I first started there . |
| 25 | ‘ I have been on the parish council at Saughall for more years than I care to remember — eighteen , ’ he said . |
| 26 | He had been married to Ellen for six years but they had no children . |
| 27 | I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims . |
| 28 | ‘ I used to get down about my injuries , but I shared digs with Alan for two years and he always kept me going . |
| 29 | I 've been fighting this battle for four years and we 've eventually got there . |
| 30 | Ipswich v Sunderland Ipswich will put together their best run for five years if they avoid defeat against Sunderland . |