Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] for [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grass is either permanent or it remains for several years as a long ley . |
| 2 | By 1820 , it was owned and worked by Robert Wight , who continued to manufacture cloth there , the mill becoming known as Wights Mill , a name that it retained for many years . |
| 3 | But within this context , Wilkins ' elegant stuccoed facades will be retained , and an important landmark has been saved and will look far more handsome and dignified than it has for many years . |
| 4 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 5 | The outcome of these changes is that the drug bill is rising faster than it has for some years and above the rate of inflation . |
| 6 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |