Example sentences of "[prep] many years i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over a period of many years I had a succession of research students working On the Eocene strata of the Isle of Wight , off the south coast of England . |
| 2 | I read somewhere that this slenderness was to allow bream freedom of movement between stems of marginal growth such as reeds , and for many years I accepted this as fact . |
| 3 | For many years I had the somewhat perverse view that instead of rewarding the salesman who always got the business , we should reward the one who lost it . |
| 4 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 5 | For many years I 've hated you and it seems so — pointless . ’ |
| 6 | I have argued with my district health authority for many years I know that many hon. Members have done the same with theirs — because it has for various reasons shifted the problem of elderly sick people to the private sector . |
| 7 | He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity . |
| 8 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 9 | As a woodwork teacher for many years I consider this design to be dangerous because power drills run at a much higher speed than a brace and consequently the feed is too fast for accurate control . |
| 10 | For many years I have experience severe rain leakage through the canvas tilt on my Series III.1 once made the mistake of coating another vehicle 's tilt with polyurethane paint but the result was that it hung in tatters within a year as it became brittle . |
| 11 | As you know , for many years I have devoted time to families in my parish who foster babies for the charity , but now I feel I can do more . |
| 12 | For many years I have wished to ask my aunt to visit our beautiful town , ’ she wrote , ‘ but have been deterred from doing so by the knowledge that she would have to pass this stark , staring figure . |
| 13 | For many years I marched to a music in comparison with which the military music of the streets is noise and discord . |
| 14 | For many years I huddled over a calor gas stove in the winter and ate beans on toast . |
| 15 | Over many years I have ascended the steep final slopes to the broad top often . |
| 16 | Over many years I have visited some of the gardens Andre Gide wrote about in his book the Fruits of the Earth . |