Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] two years " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's been going on for two years . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She hung on for two years , existing on fees for supervising undergraduates and an allowance from her father . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She had already been allowed to stay on for two years beyond the age when she would normally have had to retire . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
| 11 | So the advertisers come in for two years . |
| 12 | All the defendants were bound over for two years on a personal bail of £350 and some were also fined . |
| 13 | O'Doherty , who had not taken part in the obstruction , was fined £5 for allegedly leading the singing of ‘ We shall overcome ’ ( a charge he denied ) , and the others were bound over for two years on £50 personal bail . |
| 14 | Kenneth Shoane , 66 , was bound over for two years by Maidstone Crown Court in Kent yesterday for making threats to kill Kate Kray , 35 . |
| 15 | " He was bound over for two years in Leeds , but that ended last month . " |
| 16 | I mean that if it 's over like two years make quite a difference though . |
| 17 | The entire stock of the nation 's glasses turns over in two years so there is no reason why this measure should result in any implementation costs or why the price of a pint should go up . |
| 18 | I liked to find my own stories — and I was just beginning to place the best of them in national papers when I was whisked off for two years ' National Service . |
| 19 | we 've paid off in two years , Karen . |
| 20 | It is for this reason that patients are followed up for two years after treatment . |
| 21 | Officials from the HSE told MPs that their work on implementing the recommendation of Britain 's advisory committee on asbestos was held up for two years while they worked on the EEC plan . |
| 22 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 23 | BUILDER Jim Gladden got his wish yesterday and appeared in the dock — after trying to give himself up for TWO years . |
| 24 | I was unsure whether to make her Northern , like my own mother , which works wonderfully well with Zelma-like lines , eg. ‘ If you were me , would you wear the blue dress with the beading that everyone 's seen me in , or the new one I 've kept hanging up for two years ? ’ or ‘ Sha n't I buy the beef , then ? |
| 25 | He might take the odd class in Geography at a pinch , but he had never given the subject any particular prominence in the school , and most boys gave it up after two years . |
| 26 | Like when we 're doing geography , we do n't seem to be working , but when we started revising we ended up in two years with seven books , which is goodness knows how much compared with chemistry or a subject like that . |
| 27 | Town — owned by Michael Heseltine — was a monthly , oriented inefficiently to the male equivalent of the readers of Queen , and stumbling blindly towards the market to be opened up within two years by Tony Elliott 's Time Out . |
| 28 | The ruling in Strasbourg yesterday that the complaints are admissible clears the way for a future hearing before the European Court of Human Rights in up to two years ' time . |
| 29 | It is thought certain that Mr Ward will fight extradition proceedings , which as a result could take up to two years to bring to a conclusion . |
| 30 | Record sales in foreign territories can take up to two years before they are paid . |