Sentence examples for years did not help from inspiring English sources

Rice's opening contract request of more than $100 million over 10 years did not help his cause, either.

The perceived "difficulty" of contemporary music in the postwar years did not help to endear it to sales-aware promoters, and even now opportunities to air new compositions remain limited.

And our children's tips from their own gap years didn't help much.

A rambling Friday press conference where he threatened to keep the shutdown going for years didn't help.

Mr. Aletti realizes his habit — two and a half packs of unfiltered Camels a day, for 40 years — does not help his Santa impersonation, so his New Year's resolution is to quit cold turkey.

Critics say it would be better (and probably cheaper) to give ex-public-housing residents vouchers that enable them to settle all through the community rather than rebuilding large, failed estates.HUD's bad image over the years does not help it to shrug off criticism.

Not having McFadden most of the year did not help either.

Coinciding with the Chinese New Year did not help either, Mr. Schwab acknowledged.

Southampton having four managers in a year didn't help anyone.

(In 1948, the supreme court had taken away their cinema chains; the arrival of television the same year didn't help).

Leading Republican presidential contenders that year didn't help matters by flatly opposing the bill as much too soft on amnesty and border enforcement.