Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] years [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 2 | Suddenly there was work for everybody and the deaf community took full advantage of this change of climate , as reported in the 1944 annual report : The effect of the war on industry has given the deaf and dumb opportunities such as they had never enjoyed for many years and it is with great pleasure that the committee places on record the excellent work the deaf Have done . |
| 3 | He is well qualified to do the job he has done for many years and we will continue to employ him at races . ’ |
| 4 | He is well qualified to do the job he has done for many years and we will continue to employ him at races . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I have been going for 18 years and you get fan-tastic value for money , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I 've smoked for sixty years and I can not change now . ’ |
| 7 | Crosby in 1981 was a classic example : the voters lost a man they had known for thirty years and they did n't know who to vote for instead . |
| 8 | They quote an Under Secretary commenting upon informal communications networks : ‘ Some of these people I 've known for twenty-five years and we can of course communicate with each other almost in code . ’ |
| 9 | Stanley will serve for two years and we all wish him well . |
| 10 | The journey was the longest he had ridden for several years and he was feeling his age . |
| 11 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 12 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |