Example sentences of "[noun prp] for [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the three Mölln victims two had lived in Germany for many years and the youngest had been born in Mölln . |
| 2 | Cusick himself remained the unsung creator of the Daleks for many years , picking up little recognition for his work . |
| 3 | However all these composers are overshadowed in historical importance by a Flemish master of all-round achievement , Adrian Willaert ( c. 1490–1562 ) , pupil of Mouton in Paris , who served the court of Ferrara for several years from 1522 but went to Venice as magister cappellae at St. Mark 's in 1527 and spent the rest of his life there . |
| 4 | We found tragic proof of this on the most bitter 1 March for many years . |
| 5 | But it also signals the end of an ancient rite rejoicing in human warmth and in the sun 's return.Susanna Rance has lived and worked in Bolivia for several years . |
| 6 | Susanna Rance has lived and worked in Bolivia for several years . |
| 7 | THINKING , talking and working along European lines has been second nature to Mike Ward for many years now . |
| 8 | WACC has had contacts with CEPACS for many years . |
| 9 | WACC has had contacts with CEPACS for many years . |
| 10 | US carriers were permitted to widen the already liberal rights they had enjoyed in the Netherlands for several years . |
| 11 | The snow in Austria is stunning , of a quality and depth unheard of in mid-December for many years . |
| 12 | Knighthoods go to the class acts , the Andrew Lloyd Webbers of this world , as well as the dull but self-important people who have merely turned up at their desks in Whitehall for enough years . |
| 13 | Inspired by a sense of private and public duty , he served as a magistrate in Widnes for many years . |
| 14 | Florrie had been very friendly with Nellie for many years and she nodded sympathetically . |
| 15 | The old house was featured in the paintings of Julius Caesar Ibbetson , born 1759 , who lived at Willy Hill for some years . |
| 16 | When The Marriage of Figaro begins , the count has been married to Rosina for several years , and is beginning to tire of her . |
| 17 | Foreign Extra Stout has been available in Indonesia for many years and local production began in 1974 . |
| 18 | He ended his presentation of forty-five minutes precisely , with the words , ‘ We have been the number one in the United States for many years , now we aim to be the number one in Europe , in South America , the Middle East … . ’ |
| 19 | It is similar in kind to US dollar commercial paper which has been issued in the United States for many years . |
| 20 | Grubb , who has lived in the United States for some years , was brought into the British team that finished second in the Los Angeles Olympics , and will be coming to Britain hoping to make the Barcelona team . |
| 21 | She had lived in the States for several years but she still retained her British accent , though she often maintained that she loathed England and would never return to it . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been on the parish council at Saughall for more years than I care to remember — eighteen , ’ he said . |
| 23 | This has not prevented a number of very successful examples in recent years : Fry and Laurie for the Alliance and Leicester Building Society , Hale and Pace for Clorets , and — more surprisingly — Dudley Moore for Tesco are just a few examples , while Maureen Lipman 's ‘ Beattie ’ character practically became British Telecom for several years . |
| 24 | An example of this has been evolving at IBM for many years with the AS/400 . |
| 25 | Yoash Kahn , who has taught in England for many years but who also has strong links with education in Israel , recalls his hostel days with affection , even if he did have problems adjusting to the regime . |
| 26 | As ‘ Lilla ’ has been kept in the South of England for many years its trip to Bala gives Northern fans of these locos a chance to see this one of two in British preservation . |
| 27 | Although this form of contempt is an easy target for criticism , it has not been used in England for many years . |
| 28 | Till then I had felt I was beginning to get his measure ; first of all , his English , though excellent , was somehow not contemporary , more that of someone who had n't been in England for many years ; and then his whole appearance was foreign . |
| 29 | ‘ My new life as a sailor will keep me away from England for many years , ’ he said . |
| 30 | I 'm sure he 's going to carry on showing the same brand of outstanding leadership he has shown with England for some years . ’ |