Example sentences of "but [prep] 10 years " in BNC.

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1 But after 10 years of Tory rule , he had had enough of that approach to politics .
2 But after 10 years of bookselling he is keen to retire .
3 But in 10 years time this will only feel like receiving £5,107 , even though you have paid in £6000 ! .
4 There were only 9 inhabitants of the hamlet called Porthmeor before the harbour was created , but within 10 years the population had risen to nearly 300 .
5 The CBOE began with option contracts on only 16 blue chip shares , but within 10 years it and 3 other exchanges offered about 9500 different option contracts on 350 securities ( out of a total of about 6,000 US listed stocks ) .
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