Example sentences of "[prep] four years " in BNC.
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| 1 | So after four years I thought I 'd survived . |
| 2 | ‘ An apprentice chef with us could be running a small unit after four years , budgets and all . |
| 3 | After four years in the Royal Artillery , Dignam was invalided out of the army and went straight to the Arts Theatre , where he was a delightfully tongue-in-cheek Shavian Angel and a foxy Claudius , proving Stanislavsky 's adage , as Agrippa in the Anthony Quayle/Edith Evans Antony and Cleopatra , that there are ‘ no small parts ’ . |
| 4 | After four years in the explosives division , his management potential had been spotted and moves were made to launch him on a management development programme of rotation to broaden his experience . |
| 5 | Later , after four years in detention during the Mau Mau Emergency , he worked for an Indian workshop in Nairobi establishing himself as the pioneer manufacturer of bicycle carriers and foreguards . |
| 6 | The UK argues that it would be wrong to make the rules for the review ( which comes after four years ) before it happens . |
| 7 | A Kurdish autonomous area would be established after four years ; a Kurd appointed vice-president of Iraq ; only Kurdish-speaking officials should serve in the region . |
| 8 | After four years as a VAT control officer at Customs and Excise , Parkin decided to turn from gamekeeper to poacher and joined Arthur Andersen in 1986 . |
| 9 | After four years , Bowie is back on celluloid . |
| 10 | An interest in Christianity had first arisen among the Nez Perce when a Spokan and a Kutenai boy returned after four years at the Red River Church of England Mission School . |
| 11 | In October 1989 , after four years of dispute , the European Commission finally began its legal attack on the UK for allowing excess nitrate in the water supply of Norwich and Redbridge , and for illegal levels of bacteria and aluminium elsewhere . |
| 12 | After four years John was released . |
| 13 | After four years of strife reconciliation of the PLO factions in Algiers in April 1987 was reflected on the ground , as the various groups found it easier to accept their differences and to agree on the importance of national unity . |
| 14 | Jon Solly is alive , well and back after four years in the wilderness . |
| 15 | I was placed in an express stream , specialized in arts subjects , after four years took nine subjects in the School Certificate , and then specialized still further to take English , history , and French for two years in the sixth form . |
| 16 | Work began on the bridge in 1836 , with Brunel himself in charge , but money ran out after four years and the project was abandoned . |
| 17 | Of the children who started school in 1983 , 50 per cent had dropped out after four years . |
| 18 | Mr Coulter , a member of Thomas Street , retired as Captain after four years but remained for several more years as Lieutenant . |
| 19 | Professor Dick in Edinburgh was also much displeased with the Charter and in 1848 , after four years of recrimination , the sponsors of his school , the Highland and Agricultural Society , joined with the governors of the London school to petition yet again for another charter . |
| 20 | Carl emerged as a fully-qualified schoolteacher , MA ( Hons ) , after four years . |
| 21 | After four years , the Queen his half-sister is carrying . ’ |
| 22 | The chef that evening , Nigel Alexander , originally from Stockton , has returned to the north after four years as a chef in London and is given a free rein with the menu . |
| 23 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |
| 24 | He never really accepted my Mother , who had the temerity to marry his son , but was nonetheless as overjoyed as my parents when , after four years , I was conceived . |
| 25 | After four years in Kent , we were moved by my company back to Scotland . |
| 26 | After four years , Father Burgon moved on and the parish was given into the care of the Salvation Fathers . |
| 27 | After four years of unusually low rainfall , most UK water reserves are low , and many areas have hosepipe and sprinkler restrictions in force , whilst in other areas , people are being asked to be sensible with water , and not to waste it . |
| 28 | I enjoy working as part of a team , and after four years looking after my two sons I am eager to return to working outside home . |
| 29 | TV comedy Hi-De-Hi , is being revived by the BBC after four years . |
| 30 | After four years of the screen romance , consumption of Gold Blend has leapt from two to ten million cups a day . |