Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] years he [was/were] " in BNC.
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1 | There 's a very good example of that some years ago er in one of these groups I had erm a student had a severe stutter problem and he said that he had hypnosis and for two years he was fine , he had no stutter and suddenly one day under stress it came back an and ever since erm then he was having some other kind of treatment I think , but er but that 's typical . |
2 | Well she does and the hardest part , I think there is when she comes down in the morning and for five years he was there |
3 | Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis is a former European Commissioner and for many years he was in the House . |
4 | The fragile democratic institutions of Weimar were not able to survive the sense of defeat , the recession and Hitler 's onslaught , and within fifteen years he was elected Chancellor . |
5 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |