Example sentences of "year [coord] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 years and years I 've tried to get a pen I was
2 Well I went out once last year , you see , and I was lucky enough but and for years and years and years I took Fynnon Salts and which is supposed to be good for rheumatism .
3 Years and years and years it would take .
4 As Joe bowed his head and laughed , Mick went on , ‘ And every Sunday night for years and years it happened , because every Sunday night I 'd go down to hell .
5 He tried to keep himself to himself but for years and years he had windows broken , excrement and rubbish was dumped in his garden and he would be woken in the early hours by children as young as 12 and 13 throwing stones at his window .
6 He tried to keep himself to himself but for years and years he had windows broken , excrement and rubbish was dumped in his garden and he would be woken in the early hours by children as young as 12 and 13 throwing stones at his window .
7 More than half the money borrowed by Mexico , Venezuela and Argentina during the last ten years has effectively flowed out the back door , often in the same year or month it flowed in .
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