Example sentences of "[prep] four years [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So after four years I thought I 'd survived .
2 Although she had pronounced likes and dislikes for the various members of her class she was perhaps the best teacher in the school , and at the end of four years she had hardly any failures in the final examinations .
3 In four years I fostered one ! and I am proud to say that Fr Liam Durrant , our present Vocations Director , came through my hands — should he be successful , would that make me a grandfather ? !
4 For four years they had worked together in Rome .
5 Every month for four years they met in Melbourne to stuff the magazines into envelopes for Australian subscribers .
6 For four years he led beaver-trapping expeditions along the Snake with increasing success , while the Nez Perce warriors confined themselves to fleecing the less provident of Mackenzie 's Iroquois henchmen .
7 For four years he hacked into data and ran rogue programmes .
8 Northamptonshire signed him for four years he shared digs with Colin Milburn and though he progressed less spectacularly than his former Durham colleague , Scott proved an able bowler .
9 For four years he pummelled bass with the Dino dudes before splitting in the summer of '89 , thoroughly alienated by J Mascis ’ autocratic tendencies and the band 's impending major status .
10 For four years he tried to find a studio that was interested .
11 Oh yeah these maintenance contracts are the lowest , I mean I took one out on my mum 's C D player because they 'd , they 'd had trouble with it , er multi play , turns out it was the stack one they had trouble with not that one , but it was only thirty quid for four years I mean
12 For four years I had been planning this journey , and the thought of exploring Aussa and discovering what happened to the Awash had seldom been out of my mind .
13 That I wanted to come from school but they would n't all ow me to come from school because me father had signed for four years you see .
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