Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] for [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from really dirty hands my family has not used soap for many years and our friends still come to visit us , even the blunt ones who are not slow to call a spade a spade ! |
| 2 | They may not reach maturity for several years . |
| 3 | She did n't want babies for some years yet ; she was n't ready for them . |
| 4 | Gatsby is very nervous , as he has n't seen Daisy for many years and if she no longer loves him his whole purpose for living has gone . |
| 5 | It also gave life back to rivers that had n't held water for many years like the River Pang on the Berkshire Downs . |
| 6 | A deal was made which was of great benefit to both sides as Littler went on to present pantomimes for many years , sometimes as many as a dozen annually . |
| 7 | As the new lord was only nineteen years old when he inherited the title , it is unlikely the event will again take place for many years . |
| 8 | I read The Second Sex and A Room of One 's Own at the same age , and thought of myself as a feminist , although this had to remain a privately held conviction for several years more . |