Sentence examples for for three long years from inspiring English sources

But too much time had passed, Jordan had been gone for three long years.

For three long years, the marriage wasn't very successful, despite Daniel's chance encounter with Bertrand Russell on a train.

The 28-year-old who made Jamaica synonymous with world-class sprinting when he broke the 100 metres world record in 2005 has been out of the spotlight for three long years.

Members of the team came from 11 different countries and all had different backgrounds, religions and political beliefs "yet have lived together for three long years often in unpleasant conditions".

President Reagan will probably get $100 million more out of Congress for the rebels in Nicaragua, but if he does, it will be a very expensive "victory". He stunned Congress but didn't really persuade it, and now will have to live with its resentments for three long years.

In this sand-pile world, a small group of terrorists armed with box cutters can inflict a terrible blow on a superpower — as Al Qaeda did on 9/11, just as bands of insurgents in Iraq managed to keep the mighty United States military at bay for three long years.

He bravely battled Alzheimer's Disease for nine long years.

And he does this for five long years.

This crisis has been unfolding for five long years.

So the whole exercise has lasted for six long years.

We had to save for five long years for our wedding, until we could afford it.