Example sentences of "[vb pp] for eight years " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 20 August 1584 he was apprenticed for eight years from 29 September to the distinguished printer Henry Denham [ q.v. ] ; |
| 2 | Only a few months ago , Action newsletter ( issue Nov/Dec 1991 ) reported that Radio RIN , which has successfully broadcast for eight years , had recently boosted its signal , reaching more children in different Mexican states . |
| 3 | Mary has been retired for eight years after 33 years ' service in the Bank at Scarinish . |
| 4 | ONE OF the legendary ‘ properties ’ , Fleetway 's comic-strip psycho-cop has been optioned for eight years . |
| 5 | Walter Renschler , 58 , was elected president of the Swiss Trade Union Federation ( Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund — SGB ) on Oct. 20 , 1990 , in place of Fritz Reimann , who had served for eight years . |
| 6 | I 've worked for eight years , I 've got references . |
| 7 | An Edinburgh man who 's fought for eight years to overturn a conviction for armed robbery says he 's prepared to go the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 8 | The house was built by an Edwardian doctor using only the best materials — oak cured for eight years for the lower rooms ' panelling , fine teak for the window frames and mahogany for the fireplace . |
| 9 | An eighteen year old arsonist has been gaoled for eight years for starting a house fire in which a four year old girl lost her hand . |
| 10 | A third defendant , Patrick Fraser , aged 38 , of Catford , south London , was jailed for eight years for possessing 501 grams of cocaine with intent to supply . |
| 11 | A 20-YEAR-OLD Belfast man has been jailed for eight years for his part in an armed robbery of more than £6,000 from an Ulster Bank . |
| 12 | A BRITON jailed for eight years in Iraq after being seized by border guards on the frontier with Kuwait has been named as Simon Dunn , 23 . |