Example sentences of "[prep] some [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the years , over coffee , lunch , drinks now and then , she found out more : yes to straight , yes to married , but divorced for some fifteen years . |
| 2 | What we 've been shown in the Report , and what has , ah , emerged from this discussion , is that for some fifteen years , we engaged in a game of blind man 's buff . |
| 3 | this other people 's stuff — has been an abiding acrimony on the rock ‘ left ’ for some fifteen years or more . |
| 4 | The scene in the Fifties and Sixties was dominated by the handsome Coronation cars of 1953 , which operated the Promenade–Fleetwood service for some fifteen years until their untimely demise . |
| 5 | It was among the first buildings in France to be listed as in need of help , even if none came for some fifteen years . |
| 6 | For some fifteen years now researchers wishing to have special tabulations compiled from the 1961 census of England and Wales have been refused due to ‘ technical difficulties ’ , and more recently it has been discovered that the machine-readable ten per cent sample of the 1971 census for Scotland is no longer accessible ( Marsh 1980 ; Schürer 1985 ) . |
| 7 | There is no obvious mountain pass or trail leading to the immediate area of the Castle , since Felsbrockenberg has been deserted for some 80 years . |
| 8 | The dormeuse remained in the Tussaud collection for some 80 years . |
| 9 | For some four years between 1922 and 1926 , I was a member of the choir at The Trinity Hospital Chapel opposite Robbins ' . |
| 10 | Example A. Mr Pasta , the proprietor of ‘ Mamma 's Pizza Restaurant ’ , has employed Manuel as a waiter for some four years . |
| 11 | Their paths about Earth were variously epicyclic and prompted a study of a geometry of curves for some 2000 years . |
| 12 | The slash-and-burn type of shifting cultivation has been used continuously for some 2000 years in Indomalesia , each patch being cropped for only 2 or 3 years , the people at a density of some five or fewer cultivators per km 2 . |
| 13 | This plant , a relative of ivy and indigenous to the temperate mountains of the Far East , has been used continually for some 5000 years in the Orient as a tonic , restorative and preventive remedy . |
| 14 | Ken was effectively a bishop for some five years , during which he showed great zeal for the teaching of the Catechism and the relief of the poor . |
| 15 | White says Informix has had a passive ( inactive ) wholly-owned subsidiary in Japan for some five years . |
| 16 | They continued for some five years a guerilla war against the employers . |
| 17 | June : tour of Middle East by President Hrawi [ see p. 37548 ] ; December : visit to Beirut by President Chadli Bendjedid of Algeria , the first official visit to Lebanon by a foreign head of state for some five years . |
| 18 | As a director of public health , and having been chief officer to a health authority for some 17 years and having experienced more reorganisations than I care to remember , I can see the career turbulence that the current reforms are producing for some senior doctors in public health medicine . |
| 19 | Today the large populations are in varzea rich in fish and turtle protein , much smaller ones on the terra firme , but they have now been in decline for some 500 years since the European invasion . |
| 20 | Alf , a well-known all-round sportsman , who still plays socially , was Secretary to the Henley Artisans for some 10 years and had the lucky chance as a man in domestic service , of learning golf on a small private course at Chalkhouse Green . |
| 21 | I have been taking Woodworker now for some 10 years and have at last been inspired to write a letter replying to that of David Thomas in the December issue . |
| 22 | The suits , jackets , trousers , shirts and ties from the Paris-based Japanese designer have been a mainstay of the shop for some 10 years . |
| 23 | Will there be protection for those who have served in the Territorial Army for some 10 years , so that they may be allowed to complete their service and receive their TA decorations ? |
| 24 | Mappin has been involved with Cliff Richard tennis projects for some nine years now , and this latest development , particularly the extravaganza ‘ family ’ idea , would appear to be a natural progression from her success of last year . |
| 25 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 26 | I HAVE worked in Darlington Memorial Hospital for some nine years and have seen many changes . |
| 27 | It is probably more common now in Kent than in Sussex , though there has been an important herd on the Leconfield estate at Petworth for some 200 years , where there is an increasing tendency to introduce Limousin blood into the breed . |
| 28 | What he did not mention was the fact that Scotland has been involved in the processing of vegetable raw materials of medicinal use for some 200 years . |
| 29 | Alfonso entered a period of personal success which nearly eclipsed El Cid for some two years . |
| 30 | ‘ Whilst it was the physician 's opinion that she had not had carnal relations for some two years , he could not say for certain . |