Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] some year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nine pilots competed , the most for some years . |
| 2 | With their creation , the institutional pattern is settled and seems likely to remain so for some years to come . |
| 3 | Synthesis was achieved only after some years , and only by methods which did not justify expansion to an industrial scale . |
| 4 | It was only after some years that he found the Thun-Hohensteins , who had also taken refuge in Bavaria , and could give it back to them . |
| 5 | Most of the twenty or so men and women in the Cabinet are well known to one another and have worked together over some years . |
| 6 | So in 1972 a new secretary was appointed for the task , Anthony Gray , who worked away for some years and helped set it on its feet again . |
| 7 | ‘ Your father should go back home for some years and take you with him . |
| 8 | Whereas Nigeria followed the classic pattern of building large plants with the latest equipment , and then suffering from overcapacity , Togo has been operating a mini-mill profitably for some years and has begun to export to neighbouring countries , even those with large , underused plants of their own . |
| 9 | Existing qualifications will have to be recognised for the time being , probably for some years , and APL , or accreditation of prior learning , is something the National Council for Vocational Qualifications is still exploring . |
| 10 | Looking into her great eyes , their blue so dark that it was almost black , he was uncomfortably aware that having Miss Sally-Anne McAllister in the house was a most disturbing influence on a man who had not only denied himself sexually for some years , but who had rarely mixed with young women at all since he had left the army . |
| 11 | Also , remember that many people with HIV infection may remain perfectly well for some years , and it is not possible to tell who is infected just by looking at them . |
| 12 | Also , remember that many people with HIV infection may remain perfectly well for some years , and it is not possible to tell who is infected just by looking at them . |
| 13 | Some composers , therefore , set up their own publishing enterprises which did well for some years , especially during the visit of Pope John Paul II to Britain in 1982 . |
| 14 | I stayed in Brazil and worked hard for some years . |
| 15 | If , at least for some years afterwards , there was no real war , there was none the less plenty of tension in south-western France . |
| 16 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 17 | In 1863 he died and the mills were leased to Reynolds and Allen , who remained there for some years . |
| 18 | After the car had been there for some years the defendant wished to convert the yard into a garage but was unable to communicate with the plaintiff . |
| 19 | This port was frequently a target for Iraqi attacks , if only because of the intermittently suspended Japanese-Iranian petrochemical plant which had been under construction there for some years . |
| 20 | Mr Fallon said a family renting a house valued at £25,000 , and entitled to the maximum price discount of 40pc because they had lived there for some years , could have a mortgage of £10,000 . |