Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [verb] [adj] year [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MV I spent four years at university , from 1949 until 1953 . |
| 2 | Wounded at Dunkirk he spent five years as a POW in Germany . |
| 3 | Slow retrieval speed has led to a partial withdrawal of relational database systems in a few organisations as well as the late appearance of commercial relational DBMS which came many years after their research counterparts . |
| 4 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 5 | The appeal was set up by her friend , Lady Romsey in memory of her daughter Leonora Knatchbull who died last year at the age of five . |
| 6 | The appeal was started by Prince Charles ' cousin Lord Romsey and his wife Penny in memory of their daughter Leonora Knatchbull who died last year at the age of five . |
| 7 | Before he joined Baronsmead he spent several years with a much larger organisation . |
| 8 | During her 12-year career with BNFL she spent two years as a business manager in Fuel Division 's Commercial Department and this experience should prove invaluable in her new role . |
| 9 | Before joining P&O he spent 31 years at sea and ashore with Union Castle Line . |
| 10 | When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark . |
| 11 | The John Motum Plate was named in recognition of the current assistant treasurer of the RFU who spent many years as general secretary of Colchester . |
| 12 | Reaching back even farther is Ruby Trax which covers 40 years of music in 40 cover versions — to celebrate 40 years of the New Musical Express , with all profits going to the 40-year-old Spastics Society . |