Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] five years [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jarvefelt was an actor in Stockholm for five years before he got into opera , and — like many theatre people — he was disinclined to challenge the presumed limitations of opera singers as actors . |
| 2 | Ipswich v Sunderland Ipswich will put together their best run for five years if they avoid defeat against Sunderland . |
| 3 | A path is now being beaten to the door of McGrain , who could not convince anybody in the game to give him a job in management for five years after he left Celtic . |
| 4 | On past experience , a 15 per cent fall in the value of the pound could add 3 per cent to inflationary pressures for five years unless it is contained and offset by cost controls , and increases in output and productivity . |
| 5 | Miss Fielding , from Stockport , presented Blue Peter for five years until she left in the summer . |