Example sentences of "[prep] six years [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | After six years she moved out again into her own house , but continued to visit daily . |
2 | After six years his father sent him to work in the bonded tea house of Sanderson Fox in London , to broaden his experience . |
3 | After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School . |
4 | ‘ Look at Peter Gabriel , who does in fact get slagged off , and f—ing right and all , but he has n't made an album for six years which is longer than me , but he 's a current performer whereas I 'm an old lag who 's coming back . |
5 | C.1 which are brought after a certain period because the Vendor would otherwise have a contingent liability for six years which is unacceptable ; the Vendor wants to know after a reasonable period that it is free from any further claims . |
6 | For six years we lived under the threat that the M18 could be driven straight through the centre . |
7 | For six years they have transformed half an acre of bleak Cotswold cottage garden into a celebration of vibrancy . |
8 | But for six years I carried his image in my mind , determined that he should somehow be made to pay . |
9 | ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’ |
10 | For six years you wander the desert |
11 | For six years he had remained current by flying a dozen hours a year , mainly on Cessna 150s ; then between 1986 and 1989 he flew only six hours , with his last recorded solo flight in August 1987 and last dual in August 1989 . |
12 | Each year for six years he gathered the seed and planted each grain again . |
13 | For six years he worked in Australia . |
14 | There is also considerable evidence ( as marshalled by Ingram 1975 ) to suggest that up to the age of six years it is mainly short , simple but still hierarchically structured sentences that the child is able to produce . |
15 | While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students . |
16 | In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers . |
17 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |