Example sentences of "had three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I now feel that I am back to the form I had three years ago , and after my performances in Ireland , I feel I can win the Paris-Tours classic next Saturday , ’ he said . |
| 2 | With the next general election not due until May 1960 , he had three years in which to establish himself as Prime Minister , provided he could ride through the political fallout from Suez . |
| 3 | The war had interrupted and postponed many a career , J's amongst them , and he had three years ' university ahead of him before he would be in any position to marry . |
| 4 | She had three years to spend in a beautiful city , reading ; and that was what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 5 | ‘ He had three years with John Edwards , but we bought him back for 5,600gns a year last June and he will be with me for the rest of his days . ’ |
| 6 | I did one exam before I went up , then had three years at Oxford with just the final exams at the end . |
| 7 | ‘ I think that certainly helped in preparing me for the jump — after all I had three years to think about it , ’ said Nigel . |
| 8 | He had three years in the Civil Service after Oriental Languages at Cambridge . |
| 9 | She had three years as an Operational Research Assistant for British Rail , then was ‘ hijacked into teaching Maths ’ in Nairobi when her husband was moved there , then retrained as a secretary . |