Example sentences of "for [pos pn] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 2 | In one of his earliest pamphlets , called The Reason of Church Government , he said this about himself : ‘ After I had for my first years , by the ceaseless diligence and care of my father , whom God recompense , been exercised to the tongues and some sciences as my age would suffer , by sundry masters and teachers , both at home and at the schools , it was found that whether ought was imposed me by them that had the overlooking , or be taken to of mine own choice in English or other tongue , prosing or versing but chiefly by this latter , style by certain vital signs it had was likely to live . |
| 3 | For her earlier years , there are the famous Ronsard poems extolling her charm and beauty , along with those in similar vein by the man who was to become her most vicious detractor , the great Scottish scholar George Buchanan — exactly the kind of thing which would naturally be written about an attractive young queen . |
| 4 | Their secretary , Mrs. Fryer , was presented with ‘ a spontaneous gift of a gold watch for her three years as secretary ’ . |
| 5 | He dumped his beautician wife Jewel for her three years ago — but his relationship with Tessa has now ended . |
| 6 | Founded by IBM 's famous Scots-Irish Watsons , Greenock foundered for its first years , until IBM learned that the best people to run a factory in Scotland were usually Scots . |
| 7 | For most of its life , and certainly for its early years , it was either too outspoken to be a children 's show , but not high-brow enough to be considered as adult entertainment . |
| 8 | Mr Branson demanded his rival came up with a large compensation settlement for its three years of customer poaching and publicity smears . |
| 9 | But Cath said it was unlikely they would get any compensation for their 15 years service . |
| 10 | They may pay a high price for their few years of glory with injury problems in later life and will probably never enjoy the relative prosperity of their first working years again . |
| 11 | Deric , whose back problems prevent his pivoting , prods to some purpose for his 79 years and is mustard round the greens . |
| 12 | When she peered closer to read the inscriptions she realised that they were the spoils from Marc 's career — rewards for his many years as an international racing driver . |
| 13 | For his final years in office , Warwick was known to be out of favour with the king , something which must have reduced his authority within the duchy . |
| 14 | For his final years in office , Warwick was known to be out of favour with the king , something which must have reduced his authority within the duchy . |
| 15 | He found working for the Maharajah so enjoyable that he refused to accept one penny in payment for his 18 years ' service , although the Maharajah supplied all his material needs . |
| 16 | At the age of 29 , apart from a reputation for wild behaviour , Modigliani had little to show for his seven years in Paris . |
| 17 | We are deeply grateful for his 40 years of service to Johnson Matthey . |
| 18 | In Liverpool the Jubilee of the Society was celebrated by a special service in the Institute 's church at Princes Street where a tribute was paid to George Healey for his 50 years of service to the deaf people of Liverpool . |
| 19 | He thanked John Edelsten for his ten years of service as treasurer and presented him with an engraved tankard as a token of the Chamber 's gratitude . |
| 20 | 20 FINALE — THANK YOU FOR OUR 40 YEARS |