Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years when [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York . |
| 2 | His study was interrupted after two years when he was posted abroad and he rejoined OU three years ago . |
| 3 | Leonard Coote , President has a record of service to the Association extending back in excess of 30 years when he was first elected a branch representative . |
| 4 | In fact he had only been away from the town for one period of six years when he was at university in Aberdeen . |
| 5 | Consequently , the sample group had been using heroin for an average of five years when they were interviewed . |
| 6 | I was in one home for three years when I was at junior school . |
| 7 | In later years when they were reduced to penury , she displayed great moral heroism in preserving intact the framework of a family and a household , which alone enabled her husband to continue his work . |
| 8 | ‘ I could go to see Lewis Watts , he was my dad 's apprentice for five years when I was a little sprout like you just learning the trade . |
| 9 | She went to prison for seven years when she was caught . |