Example sentences of "[pron] is [adj] years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is eight years since they lost a World Cup qualifying match , six years since they lost a qualifying match for either of the international competitions open to European countries . |
| 2 | As for O'Leary , it is 3½ years since he had the car accident which left him with a back injury so severe as to necessitate three operations . |
| 3 | It is fifteen years since he first explored the relationship of real flesh and its marble parallels in art history . |
| 4 | IT IS many years since I looked at Punch for anything except the advertisements . |
| 5 | It is many years since I last heard VW 's restless setting of words taken from Chapter I of Ezekiel , which in context form a strangely appropriate backdrop to the work 's actual inspiration , A Vision of Aeroplanes . |
| 6 | It is twenty-two years since I read that letter , first published in Warnie 's selection of his brother 's correspondence , and on and off I have been thinking it over . |
| 7 | It is two years since we were talking in those terms , and the defence policy of every party is now under review . |
| 8 | Gerber is no stranger to the Barbarians cause , although : ‘ It is nine years since I was last invited . ’ |
| 9 | He admits : ‘ It is three years since I 've scored for England and I 'm well aware that the two I scored against Czechoslovakia remain my only goals . |
| 10 | It is some years since it became generally if reluctantly accepted that sport and politics can not be separated . |
| 11 | It is some years since I was wont to use the language , though I spoke it often enough at home in Russia . |
| 12 | Although it is 40 years since I was called-up , the memories of that part of my life are still vivid and I still have my flying logbook to refresh my memory . |