Example sentences of "[verb] it for [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those patients with a good postoperative result ‘ maintained it for many years , gained occupationally and vocationally , were pleased with the results of the operation , and were willing to recommend it to others ’ . |
| 2 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 3 | We have n't done it for two years . |
| 4 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 5 | I 've done it for seven years . |
| 6 | In June 1548 , when the Scots had suffered it for four years , lord Methven reported to Mary of Guise the results of his inquiries as to why the Englishmen were favoured . |
| 7 | But ESA delayed it for five years , mainly so that this prestige project could be launched on the European launcher Ariane . |
| 8 | Sort of , you 've got your health knock out sixty seventy , right we can do it for another year . |
| 9 | For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon . |
| 10 | Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year . |
| 11 | I have n't seen it for sixty year . ’ |
| 12 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 13 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
| 14 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 15 | I have n't drawn it for two years now , but … 'She glanced swiftly at her bag , her watch . |
| 16 | Because I 've had it for four years now and I 'm you know a woman touched it the other day and she got really paranoid . |
| 17 | Some towns and cities have had it for 20 years or more . |
| 18 | Erm but I mean obviously it 's a different situation , and the Chancellor 's still got some manoeuvring to do , but we could end up in , in rapid inflation again , because we have n't had it for ten years . |
| 19 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 20 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |
| 21 | Er but we can write these with some f flexibility , and erm there is a deferred income version , where you can run it so you were say you did n't need income five years , you can run it for five years , then la then leave it erm and just take the annuity income as er as , as er regular income . |
| 22 | And I 'd been paying it for two years then |
| 23 | People who use land and invest their labour in it are benefiting society more than those real owners who neglect it to the extent of ignoring it for twelve years or more . |
| 24 | I 've been doin' it for thirty years , since old Doyle died . |
| 25 | He 's been doin' it for forty years . |
| 26 | It takes a special person to handle complaints in any case but to do it for 22 years deserves a special mention , always maintaining a diplomatic and friendly attitude to each individual case . |
| 27 | On average , says the study , buying a share at its initial offering and holding it for three years yielded a total return ( dividends plus capital growth ) of just 8% . |
| 28 | he enjoyed it for forty years . |
| 29 | The stability of the building was also queried and Mr. Fair ‘ absolutely guaranteed it for 200 years ! ’ |
| 30 | The descant accompanying it for fifty years had been one of complaint . |