Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] years he " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a very good example of that some years ago er in one of these groups I had erm a student had a severe stutter problem and he said that he had hypnosis and for two years he was fine , he had no stutter and suddenly one day under stress it came back an and ever since erm then he was having some other kind of treatment I think , but er but that 's typical . |
| 2 | His name was Dr Georges Flandrin and for five years he had been treating the Shah for cancer . |
| 3 | Well she does and the hardest part , I think there is when she comes down in the morning and for five years he was there |
| 4 | Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis is a former European Commissioner and for many years he was in the House . |
| 5 | The Prince of Wales has an obvious love of the countryside and for 20 years he has somehow found some private time to express this through the medium of watercolour painting . |
| 6 | Keifer Sutherland plays the boyfriend , and after three years he 's still obsessed with the search for his lost love . |
| 7 | Keifer Sutherland plays the boyfriend , and after three years he 's still obsessed with the search for his lost love . |
| 8 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |
| 9 | The fragile democratic institutions of Weimar were not able to survive the sense of defeat , the recession and Hitler 's onslaught , and within fifteen years he was elected Chancellor . |
| 10 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 11 | From then on his rise was rapid and within three years he had become the supreme influence at Edward 's court . |
| 12 | Dance has always been his first love and in recent years he 's been on tour six times with his own company . |
| 13 | Here John learned to appreciate the material things in life and in later years he allowed journalists to make the mistake of attributing John George 's wealth and position to him at this time . |