Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | His name was Dr Georges Flandrin and for five years he had been treating the Shah for cancer . |
| 2 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |
| 3 | From then on his rise was rapid and within three years he had become the supreme influence at Edward 's court . |
| 4 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 5 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |
| 6 | There had been a period when he allowed Barbara Castle , Dick Crossman and George Wigg , all of whom suffered from the belief that politics was a conspiracy , to influence him too much , but in later years he had broken free from them and I suddenly realised how much I had got used to him being there to shoulder the final responsibility , to feeling able to turn to him naturally for a second opinion and for well-informed advice . |