Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [num] years [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials from the HSE told MPs that their work on implementing the recommendation of Britain 's advisory committee on asbestos was held up for two years while they worked on the EEC plan . |
| 2 | It 's not actually automatic because you can stay in for those extra up up to five years if you so choose . |
| 3 | Record sales in foreign territories can take up to two years before they are paid . |
| 4 | Thanks to an amendment in 1989 to the 1985 Representation of the People Act , Britons may continue to vote by proxy for up to 20 years after they leave the country . |
| 5 | The dragonfly nymphs may take up to 2 years before they moult into the adult form . |