Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having enjoyed a remarkable degree of freedom for several years it was now hard to relinquish areas of control . |
| 2 | I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it . |
| 3 | When he thought of India in later years he would always see these two men and two bullocks and the leather bag flooding out its water as it settled on the ground . |
| 4 | Although she has lived in England for 17 years she only married her husband , Qi Can Huang , three years ago . |
| 5 | Having lived in Walton for 29 years she has witnessed how much of the cliff has already been lost to the sea . |
| 6 | Because there 's been a dramatic increase in traffic in recent years we need to assess the impact on the river 's special environment . |
| 7 | Now we 're doing a little bit of reversion and it is much regret by God for five years I have negotiated budgets with the Labour group against intense opposition to Conservatives and central government to improve the services in Oxfordshire . |