Example sentences of "[prep] five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jay had never been promiscuous after the fuck'em and leave 'em college years , and now , after five years of no sex except occasional pleasant nights with ex-lovers , her newly spare body thrilled with anticipation . |
| 2 | The relationship ended after five years : her lover grew too tired to cope with caring for her . |
| 3 | Earlier this year , after five years of agonising , it published the LA Plan , a document 5,500 pages long and a yard thick . |
| 4 | But they will be allowed to buy stakes of up to 15 per cent and after five years the barriers will come down . |
| 5 | After five years as Chancellor of the Exchequer , and after the lost election of 1979 , he says he found himself wearing this Shirt of Nessus . |
| 6 | But many were still standing after five years of air attack , and although German civilian morale was largely unbroken , it was the psychology behind the attacks which yielded valuable dividends . |
| 7 | On the day his result was announced , he was released after five years of detention without trial , still defiantly declaring his faith in the Sikh cause . |
| 8 | On the day his result was announced , he was released after five years of detention without trial , still defiantly declaring his faith in the Sikh cause . |
| 9 | After five years service , she clears £515 a month . |
| 10 | The Scottish Office , after five years of lobbying by the timber trade , and prompted by European Community farm surpluses , has agreed that marginal farmland previously kept for agriculture can now be used for forestry . |
| 11 | Those who work less than 16 hours per week ( or eight hours after five years with one employer ) also lose employment rights such as maternity leave , unfair dismissal protection and redundancy payments . |
| 12 | After five years on the dole in Easterhouse , Dr Bob Holman ( the estate 's campaigning community worker ) gave me a job working with him as a neighbourhood worker . |
| 13 | His predecessor , Barber Conable , who retires after five years in the seat , understood the size of that task when he arrived . |
| 14 | After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest . |
| 15 | New face at FARMERS WEEKLY … = Angus McKirdy joins the Arable Section after five years in the agrochemical industry . |
| 16 | He was very upset ; and still , after five years , he turned to her for comfort and advice ; still like a child , her child . |
| 17 | At present , BES investors can claim relief at their top rate of tax and take gains tax-free after five years . |
| 18 | For example , National Savings Chidren 's Bonus Bonds offer a guaranteed tax-free return of 11.84 p.c. after five years . |
| 19 | ‘ After five years , ’ his headmaster wrote , ‘ I find this boy a total enigma . ’ |
| 20 | The contract ensures that if you decide to cash in after five years in April 1997 , you will not get less than the unit price on offer in April 1996 . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , if share prices fall , the guarantee of money back after five years still stands . |
| 22 | After five years as player-manager at Glasgow Rangers , Mr Souness has talked this season of mellowing . |
| 23 | Tonight , after five years of bulldozing and construction around the little farming community of Chessy in the flat countryside 18 miles east of Paris , Euro Disneyland will open its doors and 15,000 adult guests from around the world will be turned loose for two days in the vast theme park . |
| 24 | Old world and new SIR Kenneth James , formerly our man in Mexico , is retiring after five years as director-general of Canning House , the institute in Belgrave Square that maintains good relations with Latin America and the Iberian peninsula . |
| 25 | Mr Waite , who was freed last November after five years in Lebanon , says on the ABC programme 20/20 : ‘ One day I asked to go to the bathroom . |
| 26 | After five years ' argument , the UK agreed terms . |
| 27 | After five years , the initially reluctant southern states joined what then became the German Empire . |
| 28 | Her third marriage at the age of 47 , to a widower with a grown-up family , had again ended , after five years , with her husband 's death . |
| 29 | They are paid 7,000 Forints per month ( approximately 65 ) , rising to 12,000 after five years . |
| 30 | When he was jilted after five years together it had a devastating effect . |