Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And again when they had been together for two years and he was still seeing other women : ‘ They were my protection against these feelings I had for her , ’ he said . |
| 2 | It was only after some years that he found the Thun-Hohensteins , who had also taken refuge in Bavaria , and could give it back to them . |
| 3 | It 's only in recent years that I 've learned to use the weather forecast before contemplating a hill-walk . |
| 4 | This has meant a fall in the demand for residential care which had been increasing rapidly in previous years and it is the duty of the relevant authorities to plan future provision er so that everything will work smoothly for those most in need . |
| 5 | In all the years , and I 've been it 's secretary now for fifteen years and I have n't had any trouble . |
| 6 | We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance . |
| 7 | Well the estate agent er area has been around now for twenty years so they 're rather used to us in that . |
| 8 | Well , it 's been going in Oxford now for three years and it 's for people with disability and able bodied people , and with the current production we have which is being produced by Paul Newham , the people there have er suffered with M S and are visually impaired and er you know , various disabilities like that , plus able bodied people . |
| 9 | He had no answer — save that British scientists had been reorganised so often in recent years that it was time for stability . |
| 10 | Many in the farming industry say the current system has survived well for seventy years and they see little reason for changing it . |
| 11 | I 've been working here for fourteen years but I ca n't buy postage stamps without his say-so . |
| 12 | Many fishermen have done well in recent years but they now face great pressure on the fish stocks . |
| 13 | THE Welsh Rugby Union has banned Neath from touring abroad for three years because they walked off the pitch in a pre-season friendly in France last August . |
| 14 | It was th it was erm , a lot of the nurses were there for two years before they went to get th into the General Hospital training . |
| 15 | In your case you may be able to say that your spouse has committed adultery and you find it intolerable to live with her ; or that you have lived apart for two years and you consent to the divorce . |
| 16 | The number of non-party political members of principal councils has declined steadily in recent years and it is usual in the large towns and cities for the authority to be governed by one or more of the political parties acting on a group basis . |