Example sentences of "[prep] several years it " in BNC.

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1 For several years it appears it remained empty , but by 1845 was back in business , with tenants John and Edward Wise producing cloth .
2 For several years it looked like Billy Bremner had calmed down , the excessive niggling was more controlled and the bristling temper was kept on a leash , but trouble was always brooding just beneath the surfaces .
3 Released from the Vickers factory at Brooklands on September 25 , 1953 , Varsity T.1 WL679 spent most of its life at Farnborough , although for several years it was based at Pershore .
4 But for several years it remained extremely basic , with only small , medium and large sizes remotely possible so long as the styles were kept simple .
5 The shop 's three glass doors and old-fashioned set of windows were all adorned with window boxes and hanging baskets and for several years it won a Bath Festival award for the best floral shop facade in the City .
6 Having enjoyed a remarkable degree of freedom for several years it was now hard to relinquish areas of control .
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