They found that the newspaper charges, which they were convinced had no legal sanction, had been steadily advancing for forty years past.
The Canadian post office has been on a sound footing as a business institution for a number of years past.
The ships are the best and most suitable that have sailed hence for a number of years past, and are of five hundred or six hundred tons burden apiece.
He has entered on his government with a secure foothold, since he finds them free from the Dutch enemy--who have allowed us to breathe this year, and have given opportunity for more ships to come from China than for several years past.
He has served your Majesty for thirty years past in those kingdoms, Nueva España and these islands.
It may, therefore, be well for you to know that for a number of years past we have enjoyed no monopoly of trade whatever, and that there is no impediment to the settlement of the country by any one who pleases.
He had vague hopes they might put together a rerun of years past, only this time with a happy ending.
In years past he'd served as a financial consultant for the CIA, helping monitor the flow of illicit drug and terrorist money passing through the banking laundries of Geneva and the Caribbean.
In years past he'd been a field archaeologist, and a good one; then he'd had a brief consulting stint for the CIA.
And also for 7 Years past I have, one Year with another, received about 11l.
In years past "the discipline of sweating in a heated tub for a considerable time, accompanied with strict abstinence, was thought necessary for the cure of venereal taint.
In years past, a kiss was the recognized fee of a lady's partner, and as such is noticed in "Henry VIII.
According to a popular belief current in years past, a trembling of the body was supposed to be an indication of demoniacal possession.
In years past we have stood shield to shield with you; tonight we embrace you in friendship.
England has warred inyears past on her rightful enemies.
We ministers of the gospel and pastors of churches hereafter mentioned with our names, having, for a number of years past, heard of or seen with pleasure the zeal, courage, and firm resolution of the Rev.
Tyler had peculiarly clear and discriminating views of the doctrines of the gospel, and an uncommon facility in explaining and defending them; and I have often remarked in years past, that with the exception of my friend, Dr.
There is also a meeting house in this parish for the people called Quakers, who have held meetings here for 130 years past, though their number is but small.
At this present time and for many years past, the steeple contains only one bell; but it is evident, from the appearances which still remain, that formerly it contained three.
His father, in years past, had been a leading member of the Maryland Bar, practicing in Georgetown, and the family had always been highly respected.
Mr. Sherman's unswerving persistence had, in years past, all the effective energy and the successful result of force.
The coming Secretary of War was John Bell, of Tennessee, a courtly Jackson Democrat in years past, who had preferred to support Hugh L.
To understand the full truth of this occasion it must be known that Mr. Ponting had, for a considerable number of years past, cherished a deep but private detestation of the Archdeacon.
Ever since you came into this town, you have been subverting doctrine, upsetting institutions, destroying the good work that the Cathedral has been doing for many years past.
Maybe the oil billionaires of years past had no good idea what to do with their winnings, but Matsuo Noda had a very precise idea indeed.
Toshi Noda, had been a celebrated figure in years past.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "years past" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
