Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote that a woman who had been a comp for eleven years had told her that the subject of a union had never been mentioned to her before . |
| 2 | The woman driver of the hired van who 's British but has ben living in france for eleven years had apparently driven a mile on the wrong side of the road . |
| 3 | The descant accompanying it for fifty years had been one of complaint . |
| 4 | To many members of the Church of England , which for fifty years had been strongly influenced by Calvinism , Laud seemed to be introducing innovations , the most offensive of which was the doctrine that bishops derived their authority from God . |
| 5 | The first U.S. survey of nineteenth-century Italian art for fifty years opens at the Walters this month |
| 6 | A man hailed as a hero for fifty years has been unmasked as a traitor . |
| 7 | So he has given , God gives this power within , power of the holy spirit , the indwelling Christ , in you and in me , so I 've got no advantage over you , and you have no advantage over me and the person who 's been a Christian for fifty years has n't got an advantage over the Christian who 's been a Christian for one day because that same power that raised Christ from the dead , hear that , the same power that God used to raise Christ from the dead , that is the same power that dwells in you and in me , that 's what the bible says . |
| 8 | If nothing catches the eye , walk a few blocks to West 47th street , between Fifth and Sixth Avenues , to browse at the Gotham Book Mart ( ’ Wise men fish here , ’ says the sign ) , which , for 70 years has specialised in literature and arts . |
| 9 | An Edinburgh man who 's fought for eight years to overturn a conviction for armed robbery says he 's prepared to go the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 10 | For myself , I can see no relevant distinction between a case where a statute has conferred such final and conclusive jurisdiction and the case where the common law has for 300 years recognised that the visitor 's decision on questions of fact and law are final and conclusive and are not to be reviewed by the courts . |
| 11 | Former County Donegal coach No. 28 leaves the caravan site that has been its home for 30 years to return to the railway . |
| 12 | The National Retreat Movement which has existed for 30 years to promote spirituality and retreats of all kinds within the Catholic community of England , Wales and Scotland , has the information available . |
| 13 | Biggest police shake-up for 30 years unveiled by Clarke |
| 14 | A DOOR-to-door salesman who peddled cloths and brushes for 30 years left £12 million in his will , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 15 | THE Army 's firepower gets a major boost this week when the first new self-propelled field gun for 30 years enters service . |
| 16 | The House is debating a complex Bill presented by a Government who for 12 years have said that legislation is not needed on consumer protection issues . |
| 17 | Statement 110 applies to all financial statements for fiscal years beginning on or after 15 December 1992 , but need not be applied to deposit administration and immediate participation guarantee contracts entered into before 20 March 1992 . |
| 18 | We can for example say that in West Germany erm a worker who 's paid contributions for forty-five years gets an old-age pension that amounts to about seventy-five percent of what he was taking home in take-home pay before he retired , and obviously this looks a much better deal than the British old age pensioner gets . |
| 19 | It takes a special person to handle complaints in any case but to do it for 22 years deserves a special mention , always maintaining a diplomatic and friendly attitude to each individual case . |
| 20 | This battle which lasted for forty years ended in the passing of the Medway Conservancy Act of 1881 . |
| 21 | In that year comparisons of Eliot with Pound were stimulated , and exacerbated , by the publication of what were called the ‘ drafts and transcripts ’ of The Waste Land ; that is to say , the heterogeneous packet of typescripts and manuscripts which Eliot had dumped on Pound in Paris , out of which Pound had helped Eliot to extricate the poem that for forty years had been known under that title . |
| 22 | Now he was wrestling with the bit about ‘ God leading thee into the w-w-wilderness for forty years to humble thee and to p-p-prove thee . ’ |
| 23 | Father-of-three Sam never forgot her kindness and popped in every day for FORTY YEARS to chat and do odd jobs . |
| 24 | The press has for some years played up the problems of UK financial reporting and has exaggerated the extent to which those problems derived from weak enforcement of standards rather than defects in the standards themselves . |
| 25 | Suppose manufacturer A has for some years produced a razor which will not normally cut the user unless it is slid sideways across the skin . |
| 26 | In 1870 Knowles , who for some years had practised journalism anonymously , was appointed editor of the Contemporary Review , which he made into a highly influential periodical while still continuing his architectural practice . |
| 27 | IMPACT Moling : These machines have been used for some years to lay services and pipes up to 125mm in diameter . |
| 28 | The staff has worked for some years to create links with the community and has worked to develop the curriculum , giving special attention to the learning needs of bilingual children . |
| 29 | In Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , the plaintiff , although believing that he was not liable , for some years paid fees under protest for permission to recut and repaint tombstones in a cemetery . |
| 30 | He expects to stay at the hotel for some years to come to oversee operations . |