Example sentences of "[noun] in the [num] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Costner , David , 40 , has had to guard Whitney from hordes of obsessed fans in the four years he has been working for her . |
| 2 | Carroll House was the second Italian-owned winner of the Arc in the two years it has been sponsored by the Italian hotel chain Ciga . |
| 3 | I once calculated that I did about a thousand hours ' work in the three years I was there , an average of an hour a day . |
| 4 | Because of our experience at Scone Park and in many other projects in the twelve years we have been working with young offenders , we , along with the other children 's charities , oppose the government 's proposals on persistent young offenders . |
| 5 | I went out half a dozen times in the three years we were married . |
| 6 | Above : The Saunders ' kitchen has had three different looks in the 16 years they have lived here , each created by John , an architectural interior engineer . |
| 7 | Currently housed in a 36″ tank and shortly to be installed in a 48″ tank , My Piranha , affectionately known as Igor , has lost none of his brilliantly coloured red belly in the four years I have had it . |
| 8 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |