Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years [prep] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should have told her that after thirty-six years of marriage she 'd discovered her husband was a homosexual , the explanation of everything . |
| 2 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 3 | After 17 years of service it was a humiliating experience . |
| 4 | After long years of thought we are conditioned to respond to this imperceptible stimulus of beauty , and we see the imagery in the small and insignificant , and feel the sensation of ecstasy that it causes . |
| 5 | Although she stated that after 25 years in government she was keen to seek new challenges , there was widespread speculation that she would resume her political career in 1992 by contesting either the governorship or a Senate seat in her native North Carolina . |
| 6 | After 50 years of experience we have perfected the art of passenger hospitality on long flights . |
| 7 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 8 | you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah |
| 9 | After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest . |
| 10 | In 1762 , Josiah Wedgwood met Thomas Bentley , a Liverpool merchant , with whom he formed an intimate and lasting friendship ; and after several years of negotiation they signed , in 1769 , a partnership which ended only on Bentley 's death in 1780 . |
| 11 | After twenty years of struggle it seemed less likely to liberate any part of Palestine than it had in 1967 . |
| 12 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |
| 13 | After eighteen years of pain I have decided to leave . |
| 14 | Industrial output , including state-sector industrial output , had begun to rise in April , after two years of decline which had reduced production to 45 per cent of pre-1989 levels . |
| 15 | Henrietta 's frail constitution could not withstand the rigours of childbirth , however , and after seven years of marriage she died soon after giving birth to their son , John . |
| 16 | If we compare boys of 14 years of age who opt for science with other boys , we find that the former have very cut-and-dried views on many issues . |
| 17 | ‘ AT THE tail-end of 14 years in power our rump of a Conservative Government can think of nothing but half-hearted socialist measures , as if through introducing socialism by the back door it will somehow ease its own exit by the front ’ — Commentator Auberon Waugh . |
| 18 | He put her on probation for three years on condition she remained an in-patient at a psychiatric hospital . |
| 19 | For ten years after graduation he worked as a curate in Somerset , most of the time as assistant to his father . |
| 20 | In ten years of programming I now have many companies utilising database applications for names and addresses , every one of them would have benefited by including Rapid Address within the database . |
| 21 | In 40 years of film-making they have had not one disagreement . |
| 22 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 23 | There has been a lot of talk in recent years about Formula One now being safe , but I think that is dangerous talk . |
| 24 | In fact there 's several chapters dedicated to software , particularly educational software and Toni Mitchell is obviously passionate about her subject … ‘ in 20 years of teaching I have never seen any teaching tool or method that captures the imagination and excites the enthusiasm and interest of the children as much as quality computer software . ’ |
| 25 | In the centre there is a room for girls from 5 to 9 years of age who are instructed in reading , writing , arithmetic , geography , grammar , history and needlework . |
| 26 | Venables , 50 , is the only player to have represented England at every level from schoolboy to full international , and during 15 years in management he has won two major trophies the Spanish championship with Barcelona and the FA Cup with Tottenham . |
| 27 | Mr Recorder Shaun Spencer QC placed Ninham on probation for two years on condition he takes medication to control his libido . |
| 28 | Drillien ( 1964 ) found that children at 2 years of age who were potted early were neither wetter nor dryer , cleaner nor dirtier than children trained later . |
| 29 | At forty-five years of age he was at the height of his powers , determined to drive out the Almoravids and bring about a united Spain . |
| 30 | At 47 years of age I ca n't see why I should have to live off me mother … to that extent . |