Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it [verb] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month I was the first Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be invited to address its conference since it began 15 years ago . |
| 2 | There are also links with Nottingham 's twin city Minsk proving that the department still serves the local community as it did 75 years ago . |
| 3 | The Commissioners answers came in the form of a set of proposals which represented the most fundamental reshaping of the common Agricultural policy since it began 30 years ago . |
| 4 | , co-ordinator of the Open Day has been a user of the Jack Kane Centre since it opened 17 years ago . |
| 5 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
| 6 | Pauline Edwards had worked as a nurse at the hospital since it opened seven years ago . |
| 7 | Ian Hollingsbee worked at the hospital before it closed 4 years ago . |