Example sentences of "[prep] six years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After six years she moved out again into her own house , but continued to visit daily . |
| 2 | After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School . |
| 3 | For six years we lived under the threat that the M18 could be driven straight through the centre . |
| 4 | For six years they have transformed half an acre of bleak Cotswold cottage garden into a celebration of vibrancy . |
| 5 | But for six years I carried his image in my mind , determined that he should somehow be made to pay . |
| 6 | ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’ |
| 7 | For six years you wander the desert |
| 8 | For six years he had remained current by flying a dozen hours a year , mainly on Cessna 150s ; then between 1986 and 1989 he flew only six hours , with his last recorded solo flight in August 1987 and last dual in August 1989 . |
| 9 | Each year for six years he gathered the seed and planted each grain again . |
| 10 | For six years he worked in Australia . |
| 11 | There is also considerable evidence ( as marshalled by Ingram 1975 ) to suggest that up to the age of six years it is mainly short , simple but still hierarchically structured sentences that the child is able to produce . |
| 12 | While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students . |
| 13 | In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers . |
| 14 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |