Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for year " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that it was a piece that people would want to go on seeing for years , and that turning it into a film would shorten its life . |
| 2 | there were five red and gold crackers on the starched , white cloth and all the presents were ready in the old pillowcases they 'd all used for years at Christmas . |
| 3 | He especially thanked for years of hard work , and this was received with strong acclamation . |
| 4 | It is not true to say that a menstruating woman is unclean — she has a status of tameh , a word which has been wrongly translated for years as ‘ unclean ’ but which would be much better translated as ‘ impure ’ . |
| 5 | The greetings were warm and elaborate , like those of old friends who had not met for years . |
| 6 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 7 | Then Mrs St Maugham asks a friend whom she has not seen for years to lunch . |
| 8 | She had promised Julie that she would be well enough to get up the following day and they would take a trip in the pony and trap to visit friends in the area who Julie had not seen for years . |
| 9 | After the reception , we all went in to the ballroom for a five-course Scottish dinner such as I have not seen for years ! |
| 10 | Perhaps I envisaged pleasant , but traumatic , encounters with ex-course mates who I had not seen for years . |
| 11 | Her mouth had contracted in a manner Muriel had not seen for years . |
| 12 | We get a lot of people who have not cycled for years , they cycle tentatively for an hour , but then come back again to cycle the whole trail . |
| 13 | One of them was that he opened his morning newspaper with an enthusiasm he had not felt for years . |
| 14 | Geneva , Switzerland : Courtaulds Fibres Cellulosics is planning its biggest and best stand for years at the Index exhibition from April 20–23 , showing both viscose and Tencel . |
| 15 | Until we drove up and over the Atlas , I had not thought for years about our time in London . |
| 16 | In the upstairs passage she opened the long case clock , knowing very well it was broken , that the weights had not descended for years and the hands remained at twenty to one . |
| 17 | It was air into which farts and old food odours had been released , but which was completely inert , as though in some way lacking ions or ozone , because the air conditioner had not worked for years and the windows were sealed . |
| 18 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 19 | Harry Mulholland also believes that a good wool carpet can be cleaned professionally to last for years and years . |
| 20 | That their father 's death must be a relief to her elder sister was obvious , for Major O'Brien had been hopelessly paralysed for years , and during the last few months of his life had been unable to speak . |
| 21 | Its lemon fragrance is given off by the leaves without the need to rub them , unlike lemon balm and , even when dried , continue to be pungently scented for years , so that they constitute an excellent ingredient for potpourris . |
| 22 | Many public houses have been grossly neglected for years by their owners , yet the owners now demand that the tenants pay all the cost of putting the public houses into good order . |
| 23 | Chapter 11 is not cheap — often lasting for years , with fat legal fees to pay — compared with workouts . |
| 24 | Clothes had n't mattered for years , of course , but towards the end of the eighties , the phrases power-dressing and anti-stress eating program had filtered through to her and now Alex dressed and ate for every occasion . |
| 25 | I mean there 's people I had n't even seen for years that were staying there in Aberdeen came along and offered help . |
| 26 | But erm there 's always things to look forward to in football and yes Oldham 's going to be a good game for us , but we need to win ; then Swindon , our old rivals that we ca n't beat for years . |
| 27 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
| 28 | He 's ready to leave the table , but he 's waiting to greet Doreen , whom he has n't seen for years . ’ |
| 29 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 30 | It offers older people the chance to revisit places of interest which they maybe have n't seen for years . |