Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accounts that you have for this year , have been rearranged . |
| 2 | But that has been in the past and that was a thing that we had for several years had A level plays actually on the stage am I correct ? |
| 3 | The swan became so attached to Sam that it stayed for twelve years . |
| 4 | By 1820 , it was owned and worked by Robert Wight , who continued to manufacture cloth there , the mill becoming known as Wights Mill , a name that it retained for many years . |
| 5 | Under Resolution No.6 to be put forward at the AGM the directors propose that the authority should be extended so that it applies for five years from the date of this year 's AGM . |
| 6 | The certificate shows that he served for 7 years 71 days as a private ; 2 years 310 days as a corporal ; and 10 years 349 days in the rank of sergeant . |
| 7 | There are rumours that he disappeared for nine years in Elfland ! ’ |
| 8 | He claims that he plotted for ten years to marry her . |