Example sentences of "but for [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used to export half his rice crop , but for four years there has been no export and so no incentive to grow more than he needs . |
| 2 | Birds respond to a wide range of sounds but for many years it was assumed that their low-frequency hearing was poorer than ours . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But for two years I was afraid . |
| 5 | But for six years I carried his image in my mind , determined that he should somehow be made to pay . |
| 6 | My mother hoped to have a daughter after I was born , but for five years I was the only child . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But for several years it remained extremely basic , with only small , medium and large sizes remotely possible so long as the styles were kept simple . |
| 9 | But for 40 years her use of electricity to make objects move , speak , walk , spin , shine , click , rotate and perform has given all of these objects a special autonomy . |