Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So after four years I thought I 'd survived . |
| 2 | The war was so far away and I suppose it was only in later years we learned how serious the threat was . |
| 3 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |
| 4 | I I was very keen er when I had my daughter erm I was quite happy about it and I I I used them , then after three years I did n't use them . |
| 5 | It was a phrase with many shades of meaning , but essentially in these years it came to refer to that freedom from lay intervention in ecclesiastical appointments and operations which it was Hugh 's special mission to promote . |