Example sentences of "for two year [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | And er the War ended as you know in November eighteen and er when the War came to an end the the Government introduced a form of service whereas if er we youngsters volunteered say if you volunteered for two year they gave you twenty pound and two months leave you see , if you volunteered for three year they gave you forty pound or was it thirty , thirty forty , and er three months leave . |
2 | ‘ For two years me and my sons walked along the towpath and park searching for a zip or the buckle of Brian 's belt , anything that would help . ’ |
3 | For two years they toured the Far and Near East , giving exhibitions in an old Bleriot and narrowly escaping with their lives from superstitious Chinese villagers . |
4 | For two years we have been refocussing the organisation of the profession and defining our key objectives . |
5 | At the outset , a ‘ capital repayment holiday ’ of up to two years can be arranged — this means that for two years you only repay interest , reducing pressure on your cashflow . |
6 | At the outset , a ‘ capital repayment holiday ’ of up to two years can be arranged — for two years you only repay interest , further reducing pressure on your cashflow . |
7 | Within that two years , any time within that two years you can basically be given the sack for not coming up to the grade or not coming up to scratch or sometimes they prolong your pr probation for another six months so instead of being a probationer constable for two years you 're a probationer constable for two and a half years . |
8 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
9 | ‘ For two years I was crippled by repeated foot injuries , caused simply by the shoes I was wearing . |
10 | For two years I worked as a residential officer in old people 's homes in addition to my academic work . |
11 | ‘ For two years I lived with a girl named Susan , who I wrote ‘ Medicine Bottle ’ ( 'Down Colorful Hill ’ 's harrowing stand-out ) about , ’ he says , circuitously explaining the next album . |
12 | ‘ You see , ’ I explained , ‘ for two years I 've had to shout to make myself understood by the giants . |
13 | But for two years I was afraid . |
14 | For two years I never went anywhere without my gun . |
15 | In fact I did one for , for erm one on for two years I think to ab about the same as that , just in pretty colours , but it went on and on . |
16 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
17 | did n't understand for two years I mean told the regulator |
18 | For two years he has been complaining that noise from the bells of St Mary the Virgin church at Down St Mary , Devon , has ruined his retirement . |
19 | For two years he taught at the University of Texas at Austin , and directed the Michener Collection there , before enlisting in the U.S. Naval Reserve for a four year stint . |
20 | For two years he went out to nightclubs in Paris every night until six in the morning . |
21 | For two years he was a member of the Conservative party , on the grounds that its members were ‘ upholders of Anglo-Saxon tradition and supremacy ’ . |
22 | For two years he taught at a preparatory school in Reigate , before being appointed head of the English department at Stowe by the school 's headmaster , J. F. Roxburgh [ q.v . ] . |
23 | For two years he was exhibited in fairgrounds , and it was while he was on display in an empty shop in Whitechapel Road , London , opposite the London Hospital , that Treves first saw him . |
24 | For two years he travelled through Britain convalescing . |
25 | For two years he fed the poor woman poison . ’ |
26 | 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 . |
27 | For two years he needed massage several times a day and still goes for regular check-ups at hospital . |
28 | but Pete if he , I mean I do n't see why he does n't if he went private for two years he 'd make enough to retire , in two years , no sweat , he wo n't have to work again , I mean I bet his house is paid for |
29 | For two years she applied herself to her studies with an energy no one had suspected she possessed . |
30 | For two years she had hardly been sane . |