Example sentences of "for [adj] year [conj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was deputy convener of the region for 12 years and leader of the Conservative group for ten years . |
| 2 | He was deputy convener of the region for 12 years and leader of the Conservative Group for ten years . |
| 3 | American-born Susan , married to Denholm for 31 years and mother to his two children , Jennifer ( 29 ) and Mark ( 26 ) , was just 19 when they married . |
| 4 | He is said to have served for twenty-five years as rector of the cathedral fabric fund and is undoubtedly found in association with the cathedral 's masons and workshops . |
| 5 | The applicant , who was strongly connected to the voters of Angus , sought Panmure 's assistance to obtain a post of inspector of customs for his son , Robert Fullerton , who had served for five years as clerk of the customs and had acted as inspector when some of these officers were under suspension . |
| 6 | Head of the Anheuser-Busch brewery for 28 years and owner of the St Louis Cardinals since 1953 . |
| 7 | The program can provide statistics for any year or range of years , it can also generate a text file of your list ( in two formats ) that can be viewed with any text editor . |
| 8 | As the right hon. Gentleman knows , I was Chief Secretary for two years and Chancellor for one year . |