Example sentences of "[noun] for [num] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and erm , you know , they spend it on the six of them pocket money for sixteen years it all of them have left school now |
| 2 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 3 | Almost every Saturday for three years I put on my black skirt , my white blouse , my newly polished shoes and my uniform white frilly apron . |
| 4 | Although she has lived in England for 17 years she only married her husband , Qi Can Huang , three years ago . |
| 5 | Jane for two years she 's enjoyed the course so far but she thinks |
| 6 | Within that two years , any time within that two years you can basically be given the sack for not coming up to the grade or not coming up to scratch or sometimes they prolong your pr probation for another six months so instead of being a probationer constable for two years you 're a probationer constable for two and a half years . |
| 7 | Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this . |
| 8 | Being with the band for 12 years you might think that Marlene would get fed up with their music . |
| 9 | Having lived in Walton for 29 years she has witnessed how much of the cliff has already been lost to the sea . |
| 10 | Every month for four years they met in Melbourne to stuff the magazines into envelopes for Australian subscribers . |
| 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 | Now we 're doing a little bit of reversion and it is much regret by God for five years I have negotiated budgets with the Labour group against intense opposition to Conservatives and central government to improve the services in Oxfordshire . |
| 13 | After suffering bulimia for 15 years she sought help because her children were beginning to comment on her abnormal eating habits . |
| 14 | After remaining in the colony for seven years they can apply for a CI which is a more widely recognised travel document and enables them to become British Dependent Territory Citizens . |
| 15 | For just £30 a year for four years you can buy one of the 550 seats available and have it names after you or someone of your choice . |
| 16 | Each year for six years he gathered the seed and planted each grain again . |
| 17 | Every year for thirty-four years it came back , earning itself the name of súlukongur — ‘ king of the gannets ’ — till finally on 11th May 1894 , it was shot . |
| 18 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |