Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 31 | But it 's been going on for two years . ’ |
| 32 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 33 | She hung on for two years , existing on fees for supervising undergraduates and an allowance from her father . |
| 34 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 35 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 36 | In fact I did one for , for erm one on for two years I think to ab about the same as that , just in pretty colours , but it went on and on . |
| 37 | She had already been allowed to stay on for two years beyond the age when she would normally have had to retire . |
| 38 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 39 | In another class , a boy is being cross-examined on complaints by both girls and boys in the class that he has been groping them ; it emerges through class discussion that this has been going on for two years . |
| 40 | Their success revealed the misunderstanding had been going on for six years . |
| 41 | The present round of talks , which broke down and sparked the trade war between the US and Europe yesterday , has been going on for six years . |
| 42 | My hon. Friend is a charming relative newcomer to this place and we are delighted that she is here , but if she had been here as long as I have — getting on for 18 years now — she would have heard me banging on about exactly that point . |
| 43 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 44 | One late summer morning when Celia was getting on for four years old , Harriet drove back to Four Winds after one of her solo shopping-trips and was surprised to find Liza sitting outside with a young woman of about her own age . |
| 45 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ The boss has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place . ’ |
| 46 | McGoldrick signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and said : ‘ I 'm delighted it 's all gone through so smoothly . ’ |
| 47 | The Crystal Palace star signed on for four years after talks with Highbury boss George Graham and admitted : ‘ The manager has outlined his plans , but he has n't guaranteed me a first-team place . ’ |
| 48 | The work at Grendon Prison has been going on for 30 years . |
| 49 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 50 | ‘ She 's getting on for twenty-one years old , and perfectly capable of looking after herself . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ This has been going on for ten years , ’ he added . |
| 52 | These include a one per cent discount for single contributions and a five per cent loyalty bonus for people who hold on for ten years . |
| 53 | I still , getting on for 40 years later , revisit some of those breathtaking old haunts but nowadays , I fear , by more sedentary means . |
| 54 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 55 | At 75 years of age also decided it was time to take things a little easier and retired on after 13 years with the company . |
| 56 | Nigel , 27 , succeeds Colin Auton who has moved on after seven years at the hotel . |
| 57 | But in the middle are a group of ‘ innovators ’ who effectively abolish the underlying unit trust charges and instead impose a smaller initial charge which is coupled to a sliding scale of exit charges on the PEP , which disappear altogether after three years . |
| 58 | Brian Tustian , who has farmed organically for five years is looking forward to the opportunity of dealing with his customers personally : it gives him a chance to put the case for organic produce himself , and he can cope better with the variable quantity of his supplies at a market . |
| 59 | ‘ I 've visited Australia 's one and only organic wine producer at Mudgee where he 's been growing organically for 30 years . |
| 60 | He had lain wakeful beside Anna in the bed that had not been quite wide enough for twenty years and felt himself to be all at once boiling with misery and quite immobilized by it . |