Example sentences of "collected [prep] [art] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Florrie , 85 , well known for her rescue work with Greyhounds , lost her many coursing trophies collected over the years . |
| 2 | The few poor sticks that Albert had collected over the years were fit for nothing but firewood . |
| 3 | In the drawing room , where they had drunk their pre-dinner sherry , Dalgliesh had a sense of a room which deliberately rejected the past , containing nothing which could violate the owner 's essential privacy ; no family history in photograph or portrait , no shabby heirlooms given room out of nostalgia , sentimentality or family piety , no antiques collected over the years . |
| 4 | There are Early American patchwork quilts in red and white , an 1840 American cradle and a homely 20-dollar porch chair , all collected over the years . |
| 5 | The baskets of fruit behind the sink and hob were specially created to match the Villeroy & Boch china that the Mills have collected over the years . |
| 6 | As it was , her own little house was letting nicely ; but it was astonishing how much stuff , with all respect to Mrs Dinah , had collected over the years when they all lived there together . |
| 7 | When she felt she could not naturally stand by the window any longer she went and inspected the gritty old review copies of books which had somehow collected over the years on the office shelves — Take Your Car to North Africa ! |
| 8 | Cooper kept constant his production of cows and sheep in pasture during the length of his very lengthy career and , in spite of such a very narrow register for the subject of his painting , his works were steadily collected over the years . |
| 9 | When Ronald Summerfield died three years ago his house and shop were found to be piled high with antiques he 'd collected over the years . |