Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] for year " in BNC.
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| 1 | We get a lot of people who have not cycled for years , they cycle tentatively for an hour , but then come back again to cycle the whole trail . |
| 2 | After the reception , we all went in to the ballroom for a five-course Scottish dinner such as I have not seen for years ! |
| 3 | It will certainly not seem long if you work consistently toward daily targets , in a few weeks you 'll be doing things you have n't done for years , or never thought possible . |
| 4 | Every night I do something I have n't done for years . |
| 5 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 6 | It offers older people the chance to revisit places of interest which they maybe have n't seen for years . |
| 7 | She … well , as you know we have n't met for years , and she … she moves in quite different circles , among the elite of Durham , and he 's a churchman connected with the Cathedral . ’ |
| 8 | I have n't played for years . ’ |
| 9 | When you wheel your trolley around the supermarket , you could be forgiven for thinking that our basic foods have n't changed for years . |
| 10 | I have n't dreamed for years , and I was saying that to the girls , I had like , three nights of a really scary dream . |
| 11 | Her father , whom she obviously dotes on and has the highest respect for , thinks he 's a highly suspicious character — he and Andropulos have n't spoken for years . |