Example sentences of "for [adj] years she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some years she had struggled to come to terms with her own emotions . |
| 2 | For thirty-six years she had been convenient for this purpose . |
| 3 | Queen Victoria always needed the support of a dedicated man and for nineteen years she found it in Brown . |
| 4 | Until recently her job was there , too — for three years she worked as a shop assistant in the hosiery department of the massive Neiman Marcus store — but then the success of Inner City allowed her to leave . |
| 5 | For fourteen years she had delivered the Leader 's speech on the last afternoon of the conference ; she was too old a hand to speak from the floor . |
| 6 | For many years she had worked as a librarian before switching to journalism , training ‘ on-the-job ’ under an American industrial and securities correspondent and as personal assistant to Dan Rather , now CBS 's news anchorman , then becoming a freelance writer . |
| 7 | Tinka 's home is now in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , but for many years she lived in Johannesburg , where she established the Medau Society of South Africa . |
| 8 | For many years she helped Raine and her late husband , Earl Spencer , father of the Princess of Wales , run Althorp in Northamptonshire — and became a trusted friend . |
| 9 | For many years she helped Raine and her late husband , Earl Spencer , father of the Princess of Wales , run Althorp in Northamptonshire — and became a trusted friend . |
| 10 | For many years she appeared on the list of the world 's best-dressed women , and is a frequent visitor to London . |
| 11 | For many years she delivered the mail when her mother ran the post office . |
| 12 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 13 | For ten years she worked the streets — you know , giving head and hand at a dollar a dick . |
| 14 | Shaw was one of the star pupils of Vera Volkova , who taught both the company and school from 1943 to 1950 , before going off to Copenhagen where for 25 years she revolutionised , and Russianised , the style of the Royal Danes . |
| 15 | For five years she had worked at the Ashmolean before moving across the street to The Randolph ; and for the latter part of that time she had actually worked for Dr Kemp , amongst others . |
| 16 | For twenty years she saved up her money for the ‘ round trip ’ , and having been round the world , is now full of memories . |
| 17 | After suffering bulimia for 15 years she sought help because her children were beginning to comment on her abnormal eating habits . |
| 18 | For several years she made tours of the Continent with her elder unmarried sister , Caroline . |
| 19 | For several years she continued with her textile career while Dmitry struggled with various groups . |
| 20 | For example , for several years she arranged regular Saturday evening social gatherings in Kettering for young people . |
| 21 | For several years she had suffered from painful endometriosis , which was at first misdiagnosed and then treated unnecessarily by surgery . |
| 22 | For several years she had been almost obsessed by Peter Sebastian , not only by his work , she finally admitted , but by the man himself . |
| 23 | For two years she applied herself to her studies with an energy no one had suspected she possessed . |
| 24 | For two years she had hardly been sane . |
| 25 | For two years she had awaited the turn of events before deciding which side to join , while maintaining a mobilized army . |
| 26 | She was the British critics ' favourite on both the Bolshoi 's tours here , but for 20 years she played second fiddle to Grigorovich 's wife , Bessmertnova . |
| 27 | For 20 years she tried to make her name as an actress . |