Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] for [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the flowers , a tribute from the hospital , to a nurse they 'd known for 5 years who 'll be deeply missed . |
| 2 | The Harris say they 'll fight on to stay in the house where they 've lived for 17 years . |
| 3 | The hot water pipes gurgled as they had done for ten years . |
| 4 | Long-standing staff say February was the busiest they had seen for 20 years . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They would not have to wait until they had worked for two years before being eligible for unemployment and sickness benefit or parental leave . ’ |
| 6 | It was the room they had shared for 30 years since they had moved in to claim his inheritance . |
| 7 | In National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King ( 1930 ) 46 T.L.R. 594 ; 47 T.L.R. 110 the suppliant company claimed repayment of betting duty which they had paid for three years in respect of the operation of a totalisator . |
| 8 | Crosby in 1981 was a classic example : the voters lost a man they had known for thirty years and they did n't know who to vote for instead . |
| 9 | Wenger 's data show that 43 per cent of elderly people named as a confidant someone they had known for at least 50 years , and 75 per cent named someone they had known for 30 years . |
| 10 | It is a remarkable tribute to their builders that they have survived for fifty years in regular service , albeit in rebuilt form . |
| 11 | Sometime this year , when they find the five-bedroom house and 100 acres or so they want , they will take themselves and the building business they have run for 10 years down there permanently . |
| 12 | It notes that by hiring two firms , IBM gave itself maximum scope — and also upset the search industry because search firms are barred from approaching a company they have worked for two years after a placement , and barred for life from approaching an individual they once placed , so each of IBM 's two can pass on such names to the other . |
| 13 | The Minister is aware that those who work for 16 hours or less do not have the right to itemised pay statements unless they have worked for five years and that those who work less than eight hours have no right to them at all . |