Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conditions of work were not pleasant ; landowners tried to get their estates cultivated by indentured labourers who had come out under a contract to work for some years for the man who paid for the journey or anyone to whom he sold the right to command their services . |
| 2 | You do n't mention him , except to say that he was a biologist and that he went to England to work for two years at the chemical weapons experimental establishment at Porton Down . |
| 3 | The most important thing right now is for England to qualify for next years World Cup Finals . |
| 4 | Except that in my case there was no need to wait for seven years . |
| 5 | This organisation has headquarters in Helsinki " Finland , and is governed by a Bureau consisting of a President , the Secretary-General for the time being , and nine deaf members , elected by national delegates to serve for four years from one Congress to the next . |
| 6 | It costs three pounds to join for two years , or five pounds to join for five years . |
| 7 | It costs three pounds to join for two years , or five pounds to join for five years . |
| 8 | Sometimes farmers decide to leave their sown grass to grow for several years — called a long ley . |
| 9 | Together with Dr. Rowland Atkinson , also from Macclesfield , they agreed to a Royalty of one-twelfth ; the lease to run for 21 years . |
| 10 | Then he put through a bill to suspend for five years the Seven Hours Act , which had restricted maximum daily hours for the coal industry since 1919 , following the Eight Hours Act of 1908 . |
| 11 | The press apparently had expected Steffi 's invincible reign to last for several years — when last year Graf had a bad year ( by her standards ) the men and women of the press understandably searched for reasons for it — and voiced them . |
| 12 | The public prosecutor asked for a four-year sentence , but the judge sent Meyer to jail for six years . |
| 13 | It was n't a lot to show for twenty-five years of living and breathing , but at least she was alive . |
| 14 | In the report CNP calls for a number of proposals including — abandoning the 1998 deadline for renewable energy subsidies ; enabling grants to run for 15 years from the start of any one project ; issuing planning policy guidance on how to deal with planning applications , and giving encouragement to offshore wind generation which they claim could provide 50% of energy needs . |