Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [det] years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a fact that the written essay — usually of 400 to 500 words long — has dominated the English language and literature curriculum for many years because it has been seen as the main vehicle for the transmission of knowledge in written examinations . |
| 2 | If you had a bloke like John tha that virtually ran the force for several years whether you liked him or whether you did n't he he he was efficient in running the force erm especially when Charlie was was into the erm in a big way and he spent very little time with Nottinghamshire John ran the force made the decisions and cracked on with it |
| 3 | Margaret was in the Air Force for some years but I could n't say what they did for work . |
| 4 | You could have had a gap of many years since you worked . |
| 5 | Dr Paul Altmann of the Kidney Unit at the London Hospital in Whitechapel is reported as saying : ‘ It is when you are absorbing aluminium over many years that it is potentially damaging . |
| 6 | She had to wear a brace for many years before she was well enough to walk with two sticks , and I still carry in my mind the picture of her trying to walk around the room and on the landing , hobbling in her iron braces . |
| 7 | I can well believe that at home I was going through some such process for many years before I became anorexic , as well as during the course of the disease itself . |
| 8 | Rideout , boosted by scoring twice for the reserves in midweek , admitted last night : ‘ Graeme 's been one of the top strikers in the game for several years and he is a hard act to follow . |
| 9 | Erm Giles is a longstanding member of this union , colleagues , and er , many colleagues may not realize it , but was formerly the res the national research officer of the union for many years before he , he entered parliament and of course , from time to time , enters into the script of things and many colleagues will know that er one of the great biographers of the trade union movement is of course , Constructive Militant you know , a must for all G M B new stewards and new convenors and branch secretaries a must to be read . |
| 10 | erm as many people here know and like them I have worked in a voluntary capacity and one way or another in this theatre for many years and we ca n't do without it we do n't want to see it close or any of those drastic things . |
| 11 | The rate of change in media will continue at this pace for some years and we can take nothing for granted . |
| 12 | The plaster cast lay in his studio for many years until it was selected by the then Taoiseach , Eamon de Valera , as a memorial to the 1916 Rising . |
| 13 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 14 | It is the only gadget I have ever bought which actually got pushed under the settee where it gathered dust for several years before I really came to terms with it . |
| 15 | In 1872 , the Glasgow Mission for the Deaf was properly reorganised , and Strathern was secretary for them then acted as treasurer for many years until he resigned due to differences with the then committee . |
| 16 | It was the fourth rise in German interest rates this year and the first time for several years that they have risen by a full percentage point . |
| 17 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 18 | I have been involved in local politics for several years and I am running in South Ward for the second time . |
| 19 | I had known the family for some years as I had been Mrs Singh 's English tutor on a local authority adult literacy programme . |
| 20 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |