Example sentences of "[prep] ten years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After ten years I ‘ updated ’ to have weaving and a one-action lace carriage . |
| 2 | After ten years you have the choice of continuing to save or stopping contributions and letting the money grow . |
| 3 | In a period of ten years he recorded at least thirty proven cases of clairvoyance between himself , or his wife , and a horse . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ For ten years we have sat and watched Diana being destroyed . |
| 5 | And on 15 May , the morning of the Maurice debate , he recorded : ‘ We proceeded thus : S.B. — ’ You know , PM , that for ten years we have been trying to catch you deviating by an inch from the strict path of veracity and pin you down . |
| 6 | ‘ For ten years I was a mason , carving ornaments for God 's holy churches — offering up the fruits of my labour to Him in Heaven who carved Man from Eden 's clay ! |
| 7 | For ten years it was The Apostles writ in eight point Univers ( Do n't call us — Production Ed ) |
| 8 | For ten years he had been her constant companion . |
| 9 | For ten years he had lived this lonely life , his heart full of sadness and his head full of dark dreams . |
| 10 | For ten years he combined his work at the hospital with a specialist practice in mental deficiency at Earlswood . |
| 11 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 12 | In 1923 he obtained two consultant posts as children 's physician , one at the Queen 's Hospital for Children , where for ten years he was in charge of the London county council rheumatic and heart clinic , and the other at Paddington Green Children 's Hospital , where he continued to work for nearly forty years . |
| 13 | For ten years she worked the streets — you know , giving head and hand at a dollar a dick . |
| 14 | So in the long run , first of all we saved ourselves an initial risk outlay of a quarter of a million pounds on legal fees , the second thing is that we now have that common land back under control , and within ten years we will recoup all of that money . |
| 15 | Within ten years it was turning over £20m at a gross profit margin of 50pc . |
| 16 | Within ten years he had conquered the other tribes along the Mad Dog Pass and subjugated the Night Goblin tribes that lived around and under Thunder Mountain . |
| 17 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 18 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |
| 19 | That in ten years she should have risen from a frightened , defiant seventeen-year-old to this . |
| 20 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |