Example sentences of "for [num] years [coord] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Elsie and Simon had been married for six years or so when she disappeared . |
| 2 | Lydia had been with them now for ten years or so and still persisted in calling her ‘ missus ’ . |
| 3 | Psychoanalysts themselves undergo five sessions of analysis a week for five years or so before they can practise . |
| 4 | Forbes thus had to wait for fifteen years or so before the coveted post came up ; during this time Jameson sometimes teetered but always recovered , and his courses and museum fell behind the times . |
| 5 | for fifteen years or so and rusted solid , |