Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] years [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To fit myself for this level of teaching after many years away I did an M.Phil . |
| 2 | His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York . |
| 3 | The anomaly is increased by the fact that , under the present law , two young men under 21 who consensually commit ‘ gross indecency ’ are both liable to conviction for the offence : the rule in Tyrrell is inapplicable here , but the maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment where the offender is under 21 , compared with five years where he is over 21 . |
| 4 | Since moving in seven years ago they have put in new windows , new plumbing , sinks and lavatories . |
| 5 | His study was interrupted after two years when he was posted abroad and he rejoined OU three years ago . |
| 6 | This , of course , was exactly what the heroines of women 's magazine stories felt in those years when they decided to chuck New York and go home to marry Henry . |
| 7 | When he was jilted after five years together it had a devastating effect . |
| 8 | Ed Stafford , 37 , had bee married for six years when he divorced in 1982 . |
| 9 | ‘ I did eight years ’ work in four years when I came . ’ |