Example sentences of "[prep] nearly [adj] years [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For nearly fifty years he 'd worked with the New York Philharmonic , the orchestra 's manager , Nick Webster , was one of the first to pay tribute to his talent at America 's best known classical musician . |
| 2 | ‘ For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ’ |
| 3 | Even as a boy Haile Selassie had believed in his imperial destiny ; for nearly twenty years he had survived conspiracies , wars and revolutions , and his resolution had never faltered . |
| 4 | For nearly forty years they formed what seems to have been the perfect working partnership , each attending to that part of the business to which their very different characters suited them best . |
| 5 | And for nearly seven years she looked like an old woman of eighty . |
| 6 | For nearly 300 years it achieved notoriety for its private madhouses . |
| 7 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |