Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this . |
| 4 | Being with the band for 12 years you might think that Marlene would get fed up with their music . |
| 5 | Every month for four years they met in Melbourne to stuff the magazines into envelopes for Australian subscribers . |
| 6 | After suffering bulimia for 15 years she sought help because her children were beginning to comment on her abnormal eating habits . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Each year for six years he gathered the seed and planted each grain again . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |