Example sentences of "years [conj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The story enshrined the belief that has developed in recent years that people who place bolts are villains who have no place on British soil .
2 years and years I 've tried to get a pen I was
3 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 .
4 Years and years and years it would take .
5 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 .
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 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 .
8 In his early years as Archbishop he succeeded in obtaining the appointment of a number of Reformers as bishops .
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