Example sentences of "[det] [verb] for [adj] 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 | Over half live for many years in one hostel . |
| 3 | It was in the 1370s that the balance of the economy was seriously altered ; from 1372 there was a fall in basic food prices but no drop in wages , and this continued for some years , putting pressure on the profit margins which the manorial lords could secure from their estates ( 60 ) . |
| 4 | This lasted for two years , until he became Headmaster of Doncaster Grammar School , where he stayed until 1881 . |
| 5 | I 've been doing it without you taking much notice for thirty years . ’ |
| 6 | For adult offenders these had for many years been confined to absolute or conditional discharges , fines and probation orders . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The latter has for many years been the preference of the majority of established practitioners : according to a recent Law Society survey , almost 75 per cent of solicitors in practice are equity partners in a firm . |
| 9 | She must therefore establish with the client whether those later accounts contain similar items to those challenged for previous years . |
| 10 | They are each appointed for two years . |
| 11 | Known oil reserves are enough to last for 40 years , natural gas for over 65 years and coal for 250 years . |
| 12 | 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 . |