Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years [coord] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gods had drawn them together , and together for 10 years or so they would make music , exploring the world and themselves , unharried by outside pressures , responding only to the more meaningful pressures of life and love . |
| 2 | I sat next to John Francome for 10 years and when he retired , I got his spot and Peter sat next to me . |
| 3 | He had been with UNACO now for three years and although he still suffered from bouts of homesickness he never allowed those feelings to interfere with his work . |
| 4 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 5 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 6 | I have been living in the city for three years and if I were to go to the estates now they would n't give me work . |
| 7 | When a project researching into the cause of this disease carefully examined a group of men in London , recording their way of life and following their subsequent history for twenty years or until they died , the strongest risk factor for coronary heart disease was found to be smoking and the strongest protective factor the intake of cereal fibre . |