Example sentences of "15 years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In June Paul Callaghan , 27 , was jailed for 15 years after he admitted five robberies , a rape and an indecent assault . |
2 | The Party never listened to him , anyway , and it was about 15 years before they made the gushing film of the Kinnocks on the clifftop — otherwise know as Jonathan Livingstone Kinnock . |
3 | And she soldiered on for another 15 years before she finally died . |
4 | It was 15 years before I again strapped myself into a microlight — and that was only after acquiring a full Group A licence . |
5 | Dr John O'Sullivan worked at ICI 's Northwich and Merseyside sites for 15 years before he was made redundant . |
6 | Would it be done in the first year of a Labour Government , in the first Labour Parliament , or in two or three terms , or will there be an exchange rate mechanism-type growing process whereby we get used to the idea over 10 or 15 years and the Scots can have it immediately because they are culturally and politically ready for it , but the people of the north , who are not that bothered , will have to wait 15 years until they see the advantages that will supposedly accrue to Scotland and then will mount the barricades and demand the same for themselves ? |
7 | ‘ I 've been a Lions fan for about 15 years and it 's great to see the look on the tourists ’ faces when I walk around Bangkok in my ‘ No One Likes Us We Do n't Care ’ T-shirt , ’ wrote Mr Barrett . |