Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the cup was only awarded for a few years before that too disappeared . |
| 2 | Between the wars the Salvation Army started in Kent Road , but only lasted for a few years . |
| 3 | And it was not rebuilt for a hundred years . |
| 4 | The authors present Lucy as an example of punctuation : rapidly becoming human and bipedal from the ape ancestor , then not changing for a million years . |
| 5 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 6 | The fact was that Charles gave up shooting for a few years because he had simply grown bored with it : it was too easy to blast away overfed birds frightened into the air by a band of beaters . |
| 7 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 8 | In 1986 , when leading , he hit a four-iron into it , his confidence seemingly shattered for a few years after . |
| 9 | Sir Stanley 's only regret is that he did n't play for a few years more . |
| 10 | However , while searching the many rooms for signs of the species Homo Sapiens , Daisy caught herself on a mystic spinning wheel and fell into a sleep so deep it would surely last for a hundred years ( zzzzzzzz ! — Ed ) . |
| 11 | The politburo convened on March 9-10 , and on March 12 all official media organs gave prominent coverage to the resultant communiqué which declared unequivocally that economic reform should be " firmly maintained for a hundred years " . |
| 12 | Local information suggests that it was occasionally worked for a few years after this , but by the 1950s had stopped completely . |