Example sentences of "and [prep] some years " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the Hammersmith team he took part in the evolution of the heart-lung machine and for some years the Melrose pump-oxygenator was the standard in Britain . |
| 2 | After his election to a five-year term , he said : ‘ Albania has been a one-man country for 70 years , and for some years should be a parliamentary country . |
| 3 | Intended for the priesthood , Diderot lost his faith and for some years scraped a living as a tutor , hack journalist and translator . |
| 4 | Despite having an income and for some years an indulgent father , the task of raising them can not have been easy . |
| 5 | Isaacs named the substance interferon , and for some years vigorous efforts were made to develop it into a practical therapeutic agent . |
| 6 | They were joined by Southey , and for some years by Samuel Taylor Coleridge , and these ‘ Lake Poets ’ , as they became known after 1817 , make the Lakes a totally acceptable place . |
| 7 | 0-6-0T locomotives in the Class USA had been an interesting addition to the British Railway scene at the end of World War Two and for some years during the steam era of British Railways . |
| 8 | Few of the elderly male messengers now remained , and for some years the Department had recruited women . |
| 9 | For much of the interwar period and for some years after 1945 , the judges seemed to withdraw from the conflict or , when asked to intervene , tended to adopt a neutral position . |
| 10 | But during 1939–45 and for some years after the war , there was a marked change in judicial attitudes . |
| 11 | The Japanese learned that their Far Eastern neighbours were better at making portable radios and black and white televisions and for some years now have passed over production of these items when only 10 years ago they were world leaders . |
| 12 | Roberton 's interests extended to chamber music , and for some years his concerts featured visits from the London String Quartet and the Lener String Quartet . |
| 13 | His father was a tailor and for some years the young Steen helped him in his business . |
| 14 | One problem was immediately clear : nearly all the large shops have contracts with waste paper merchants or waste disposal companies and for some years , at least , it would be necessary to collect the waste from the contractors , not the shops . |
| 15 | Clearly , for the moment and for some years to come , the prospects are slight . |
| 16 | For interest shejoined the Southwark ordination course to study Theology and for some years has written a regular Bible commentary for her Parish Magazine . |
| 17 | Since 1976 , the flow of new investment has been very modest , and in some years negative . |
| 18 | His predecessors had farmed these revenues for less than £50 a year , and in some years failed to make any payment at all . |
| 19 | No more than nine have been recorded in one winter , however , and in some years none is seen . |
| 20 | These are the largest movements so far noted and in some years fewer than 100 birds have been involved . |
| 21 | There may be little rain for ten months of the year — and in some years there may be no rain at all . |