Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [adj] year [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins . |
| 2 | He thus technically became an Argentine citizen , and it needed eight years of negotiation between the two countries to relieve him of his obligation to do military service in Argentina . |
| 3 | It is evident in the vitality of the arts — hardly a city in the country now lacks for an international festival — and it contributed last year to the remarkable election of Mary Robinson , only in her mid-40s and impatient with old ways , to the ( largely honorary ) post of president . |
| 4 | But it took many years for the ordinary people of the area to benefit from tourism in any worthwhile economic sense . |
| 5 | In the 1970s it turned over more than £50 million , but it sank last year after an unsuccessful relaunch . |