Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] for [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Brown lived in Morrell House , Burton Stone Lane , York , but before that lived for 70 years in New Earswick . |
| 2 | Under the 1980 Constitution legislative power is held by the unicameral National Assembly , comprising 65 members ( 53 elected for five years by universal adult suffrage , on the basis of proportional representation , and 12 regional representatives ) while executive power is held by the President . |
| 3 | This lasted for two years , until he became Headmaster of Doncaster Grammar School , where he stayed until 1881 . |
| 4 | I 've been doing it without you taking much notice for thirty years . ’ |
| 5 | Once diagnosed , a patient is lucky to survive for five years for , unlike cervical cancers , lung cancers are usually spotted too late for doctors to be able to destroy them . |
| 6 | He then introduced a new type of 4–4–0 express locomotive , with a leading bogie which gave much smoother and safer negotiation of curved track at speed , and these ran for fifty years from their entry into service in 1876 . |
| 7 | I mean , Cover Master , it 's very simple , say you want , yeah , it 's a hundred thousand arranged for twenty years , and then later on . |
| 8 | Robert II reigned for 19 years and died in Dundonald Castle on 13th May , 1390 . |
| 9 | He was educated at Clifton College , Bristol , and in 1883 became for three years articled clerk to a London solicitor . |
| 10 | Michael Redgrave was fortunate in having an excellent stepfather , and was able to study for four years at Cambridge University where he obtained an honourable B.A. ( Cantab . ) . |
| 11 | They are each appointed for two years . |
| 12 | Known oil reserves are enough to last for 40 years , natural gas for over 65 years and coal for 250 years . |
| 13 | AMR Corp , parent of American Airlines Inc , has agreed to take delivery of a KSR1 later this year and signed a letter of intent to collaborate for five years on a project to simplify the task of analysing and manipulating massive amounts of data . |
| 14 | AMR Corp , parent of American Airlines Inc , has agreed to take delivery of a KSR1 later this year and signed a letter of intent to collaborate for five years on a project to simplify the task of analysing and manipulating massive amounts of data . |
| 15 | And its leaders , with precious little to show for 40 years of economic folly , may see the nuclear crisis they have provoked as a way of taking minds off empty stomachs . |