Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [adj] years in " in BNC.
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| 1 | " He was bound over for two years in Leeds , but that ended last month . " |
| 2 | However it is difficult to understand how the government arrives at a post-trial solution to a pre-trial problem ; unless it is their intention to lock youngsters up for three years in the new approved schools without trial . |
| 3 | The buyer will customarily ask for accounts ranging back for three years in respect of the activities of the management company . |
| 4 | ‘ Leaseholders wo n't hang around for 16 years in a pub , because leases can be sold on . |
| 5 | They wander around for forty years in the wilderness ! |
| 6 | A common problem in geographical information systems ( GIS ) , and one which has been known about for many years in the context of choropleth mapping , is that of producing maps from population data aggregated over selected arbitrary areal units . |