Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And for years I sort of just dismissed it as a sort of thing I did in my past . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Is n't that , meant we , we say that I know time goes on but in years they took to pay the loan . |