Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] for [det] year " 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 | Talking of which , Neighbours ' twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney ( pictured above , although which is which is anyone 's guess ) in Liverpool to prepare for this year 's Empire panto , Dick Whittington , say they hope to have a single cut by Christmas . |
| 3 | Sometimes farmers decide to leave their sown grass to grow for several years — called a long ley . |
| 4 | There was a new cup to play for this year , donated by the President of the Golf Society , Clive Thompson . |
| 5 | 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 . |