Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years and [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particularly Old Speckled Hen could survive ; they 've only been brewing it there in its present form for 2 years and it would be easy for us to transfer that production to their specifications using Morland 's yeast . |
| 2 | They have n't been champions for 26 years and it could be another 26 before they win it again . |
| 3 | I 've smoked for sixty years and I can not change now . ’ |
| 4 | They quote an Under Secretary commenting upon informal communications networks : ‘ Some of these people I 've known for twenty-five years and we can of course communicate with each other almost in code . ’ |
| 5 | This was the Finaghy lads first fight at home in six years and you could almost feel seismic waves of anticipation as he came to the ringside . |
| 6 | ‘ We are the first England representative team to face the Springboks in 23 years and we must make it a memorable day , one the selectors can not ignore . ’ |