Example sentences of "[art] [noun] for [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She points out that after battling against the booze for some years it only took a short relapse to destroy much of what she 'd worked for . |
| 2 | Being with the band for 12 years you might think that Marlene would get fed up with their music . |
| 3 | After remaining in the colony for seven years they can apply for a CI which is a more widely recognised travel document and enables them to become British Dependent Territory Citizens . |
| 4 | Almost every Saturday for three years I put on my black skirt , my white blouse , my newly polished shoes and my uniform white frilly apron . |
| 5 | The problem is , when you have conducted a piece for many years you have a knowledge of the interior musical structures that are closed to most theatre directors . |
| 6 | Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this . |
| 7 | Every month for four years they met in Melbourne to stuff the magazines into envelopes for Australian subscribers . |
| 8 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 9 | For just £30 a year for four years you can buy one of the 550 seats available and have it names after you or someone of your choice . |
| 10 | Every year for thirty-four years it came back , earning itself the name of súlukongur — ‘ king of the gannets ’ — till finally on 11th May 1894 , it was shot . |