Example sentences of "[adj] years ['s] [noun] [conj] he " in BNC.
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1 | In Indonesia , in October 1990 , post-graduate researcher Bonar Tigor Naipospos was sentenced to eight and a half years ' imprisonment because he ‘ attempted to undermine Indonesian state ideology ’ through participation in a university study group and distributing banned literature . |
2 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
3 | Chief Supt Bill Hills , head of the force 's uniform operations department , will have completed more than 35 years ' service when he leaves the job . |
4 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
5 | Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ . |
6 | He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge . |