Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him we were simply adapting the phrase from the social security regulations , where for years it has worked perfectly satisfactorily in deciding whether or not a worker should get benefit if he is laid off at another workplace from the one where a dispute is taking place . |
| 2 | Bob Mays had to confront the fact that for years he had been loving someone else 's daughter . |
| 3 | He died in 1637 but it appears that for years he was something of a figure in the district . |
| 4 | Polgar resolved to do the same , although for years it resulted in severe poverty . |
| 5 | Such dreams would not have fitted with her image and for years she had squashed them firmly , but they were still there and the name Andalucía had brought them racing back . |
| 6 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 7 | She was a fairy who married a mortal to gain a soul , and made a pact that he would never spy on her on Saturdays , and for years he never did , and they had six sons , all with strange defects — odd ears , giant tusks , a catshead growing out of one cheek , three eyes , that sort of thing . |
| 8 | And for years I sort of just dismissed it as a sort of thing I did in my past . |
| 9 | ‘ Thomas is an extremely bright boy , but for years he was made to feel stupid because he was falling behind his classmates and nobody could understand why , ’ said Mr Bland , a communications con sultant . |
| 10 | Is n't that , meant we , we say that I know time goes on but in years they took to pay the loan . |
| 11 | Kath and the children are the most important things in my life now , whereas for years I think cricket was . |
| 12 | And our love does not depend on anything , though for years we saw nothing of each other , still we should love . |
| 13 | I did draw the line at giving up the spices I cooked with even though for years I continued to receive remarks about my stinking of garlic , yuk , with monotonous regularity . |
| 14 | You know I 've never hated you — though for years I 've been wishing that I could ! ’ |
| 15 | The Medicines Control Agency may not be entirely blameless in this as for years it has tolerated the marketing of other nicotine containing products of unproved value or quality without licence . |