Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [adj] years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He said : ‘ All I know is that we 've signed him on a playing contract for four years and we 're delighted to have him back .
2 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 .
3 ‘ Terry had been on tea for four years before he first began using horse . ’
4 I have been going out with my girlfriend for three years and she wants us to get married but I 'm not so sure !
5 ‘ I 've been involved in football for 24 years and we have been talking about this problem for all that time .
6 Friends of Eleanor , 52 , said : ‘ Eleanor had known about Sandy 's friendship for two years but she decided enough was enough . ’
7 A DJ for nine years since he was sixteen , Djaimin was born of an Italian father and English mum — but we still had to use Mike as an interpreter .
8 Fulham will pay a low introductory rent for three years while they seek a partial redevelopment of the stadium .
9 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
10 Margaret was in the Air Force for some years but I could n't say what they did for work .
11 I was in , I was in the industry for thirty years before I realized or find out that it 's an Arabian craft .
12 ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre .
13 ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre .
14 I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims .
15 I 've been fighting this battle for four years and we 've eventually got there .
16 Ipswich v Sunderland Ipswich will put together their best run for five years if they avoid defeat against Sunderland .
17 A path is now being beaten to the door of McGrain , who could not convince anybody in the game to give him a job in management for five years after he left Celtic .
18 Formerly Associate Technical Director , he was with the Institute for 33 years until he retired four years ago
19 Lucy Lane had been working in his team for three years but he felt that he knew her only a little better than he had done after her first month .
20 I 've been working in the sextry for four years and he 's been there all that time .
21 ‘ I agreed to do the job for five years but I feel that it is taking up too much of my time , ’ he declared .
22 People hear within the market place that , that we give good training , that we do develop people and it does attract good people to join us does n't it , whereas very few people want to join a company where you go nowhere , where you 're not given any training you stay in the same job for ten years and it does nothing for you .
23 He 's worked on the site for 46 years and he knows what a heritage museum would mean to the town .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 Having cruelly ignored the band for two years as they dragged their own equipment between some of London 's less than prestigious live dives , people are finally beginning to wake up to the idea of Suede .
27 We lived in Sadberge for seven years and it 's lovely to come back .
28 I WAS an infant teacher for 38 years and it always makes me angry when anyone says that a mother who stays at home caring for her child is ‘ wasting her talents ’ .
29 He 's on probation for three years and he has to do 100 hours community service .
30 As one teacher trainer put it not long ago , ‘ I have been in education for 25 years and I have never known morale so low .
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