Example sentences of "[prep] years and it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The partnership was successfully liquidated over a period of years and it was left to John Baring to rebuild the business in the form of a limited company . |
| 2 | A bridge over the river at Halling has been a debating point for a great number of years and it is a wonder , considering that here has been a main crossing place for hundreds of years and possibly a few thousand , that some structure has not been built . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's been my guardian spirit for years and it 's interesting to be forced to suppress all my own creativity in order to copy him slavishly to the last detail . |
| 4 | ‘ We have been plunging them into boiling water for years and it is ridiculous to say we are being cruel . |
| 5 | I 'm not being facile , but we came from the sea , we 've dumped on it for years and it looks like it 's getting its own back . |
| 6 | We have been pushing for more effective action from the NIO for years and it is utter nonsense to say otherwise , ’ he said . |
| 7 | well his father owned that fo , for years and it Phil had the shop , and then |
| 8 | It 's just that you 've been doing things the same way for ten plus years and it 's second nature . |