Example sentences of "[prep] years it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean a lot a lot of years it 's quite iffy but this year it 's not too bad at all . |
| 2 | But now she 's alright , she had a feather of pillow for a couple of years it 's like |
| 3 | For a number of years it was the tallest building in Canada . |
| 4 | It 's no exaggeration to say that I owe my start in politics to the G M B because after having worked , as Dick said , for the G M B for a number of years it was the support of the G M B which helped me win the nomination for Chesterly Street and in the early eighties I can remember when er the Labour Party was going through a difficult period it was officials and members of the G M B who were a steadying influence in my constituency , as they have been ever since . |
| 5 | Where projects extend between years it is important to have a view of expected completion dates and the level of bidding needed to replace the activity lost . |
| 6 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 7 | For years it was left to the family and close associates to keep the search alive . |
| 8 | For years it was believed that the ‘ fanatic ’ Toscanini conducted everything very fast , though it is an attested fact that his Bayreuth Parsifal was the slowest in the theatre 's history and that his famous Falstaff , not to mention a good deal of his Mozart and Brahms , was unusually broad in its pacing . |
| 9 | For years it was used in support of Edison 's dictum ‘ Invention is one per cent inspiration , ninety nine per cent perspiration ’ . |
| 10 | For years it was in the library of a Spanish noble house , from whence it was acquired by Thomas Thorp ( 1791–1851 ) , a baker who took to bookselling in Bedford Street , Piccadilly and Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . |
| 11 | Necessary as legislation was in terms of public safety , for years it was unattractive to Ministers since it required considerable expenditure whilst at the same time being unlikely to attract any votes . |
| 12 | For years it was assumed that the bear of Croisset broke out of his bearishness solely with Louise Colet — ‘ the only sentimental episode of any importance in the life of Flaubert , ’ Emile Faguet declared . |
| 13 | For years it was hidden behind other trees and rhododendron bushes . |
| 14 | For the first time in years it is possible to walk around the whole building and experience it in three dimensions . |
| 15 | As a hobby woodworker advancing ( slightly ) in years it is nice at the end of the day to relax in a really comfortable chair . |
| 16 | For the first time in years it was thick enough to bear . |