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many years

many years

many years

over many years

for many years

many a year

for years

For many years

years

years

long years

long years

a period of many years

a given amount of years

the number of years

the number of years

to pass many years

for many successive years

several years later

for a few years

How many years?

How long?

for upwards of ten years

several decades

a number of decades

a certain year

for several decades

of late years

as long as you like―for ever so many years

a year in the past