Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years of [noun sg] [pers pn] " 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 | After 17 years of service it was a humiliating experience . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After 50 years of experience we have perfected the art of passenger hospitality on long flights . |
| 5 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 6 | you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah |
| 7 | After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | After twenty years of struggle it seemed less likely to liberate any part of Palestine than it had in 1967 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | After eighteen years of pain I have decided to leave . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In 40 years of film-making they have had not one disagreement . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | At 47 years of age I ca n't see why I should have to live off me mother … to that extent . |
| 19 | My father died when I was quite young and at ten years of age I went into a poor old orphanage where I stayed four years . |
| 20 | The general story is well known : the director at Ulm saying you must go to better things , your dismissal , months of unemployment , and then the chance of the Aachen post despite the fact that at 27 years of age you were thought far too young for such an important post in German musical life . |
| 21 | I think Mrs Stove was a little worried about trusting her daughter to me that particular summer , as it was the one after I 'd struck young Paul down in his prime , but at nine years of age I was an obviously happy and well-adjusted child , responsible and well-spoken and , when it was mentioned , demonstrably sad about my younger brother 's demise . |
| 22 | But at 20 years of age I had no scruples about rubber gloves and bleach , and dealt with the problem straight away . |
| 23 | During seven years of illness she had been admitted to hospital 13 times , often compulsorily during episodes of violent behaviour when she was a danger both to her children and herself . |