Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] some years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard and Laura escaped on to their sailing boat for much of the summer , a yacht they had been enjoying for some years now , and they pottered around Mykonos in Greece . |
| 2 | The London General Omnibus Company had been experimenting for some years and , in 1910 introduced to the streets of London , their ‘ B ’ type , petrol engined , double-decker , opened top buses . |
| 3 | I have n't read such a self-consciously ‘ literary ’ book about climbing for some years , and that style came as a shock , perhaps even intrusion : |
| 4 | In 1794 her father took a commission in the army , serving for some years in Ireland . |
| 5 | Reagan hammered away at themes which he had been developing for some years and which would be wheeled out every time he ran for public office . |
| 6 | He has concentrated on writing for some years , but says he will go back into court when , and if , he finds a case that appeals to him . |
| 7 | Opinion : ‘ … it will not be known until Sizewell B has been operating for some years whether the PWR will become the established nuclear option that has been sought for 30 years . ’ |
| 8 | The power of Chaos had been growing for some years . |
| 9 | The decommissioning of a small experimental reactor on the Sellafield site has been continuing for some years . |
| 10 | Left empty and decaying for some years , the buildings were at last put up for sale . |
| 11 | Profits had been falling for some years ; investment collapsed suddenly in summer 1974 . |
| 12 | In practice Anglo-American co-operation had been increasing for some years , but this was now expanded . |
| 13 | About half the proven breeding population is concentrated at Chichester gravel pits ( up to 31 pairs ) , and Rye Harbour gravel pits ( up to 16 pairs ) , with six or seven pairs breeding in some years on each of Burton Ponds and Darwell Reservoir . |
| 14 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 15 | After working for some years in the hectic , fast-moving world of City finance , she now understood far more clearly the pressures and compulsive need to succeed that characterised most leading businessmen . |
| 16 | More than any Prime Minister since Lloyd George , Mrs Thatcher appeared justified in proclaiming after some years in office , ‘ I have changed everything ’ . |