Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a very good example of that some years ago er in one of these groups I had erm a student had a severe stutter problem and he said that he had hypnosis and for two years he was fine , he had no stutter and suddenly one day under stress it came back an and ever since erm then he was having some other kind of treatment I think , but er but that 's typical . |
| 2 | Well she does and the hardest part , I think there is when she comes down in the morning and for five years he was there |
| 3 | Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis is a former European Commissioner and for many years he was in the House . |
| 4 | Rose was also a skilful card player , and for several years she was world champion at poker . |
| 5 | The fragile democratic institutions of Weimar were not able to survive the sense of defeat , the recession and Hitler 's onslaught , and within fifteen years he was elected Chancellor . |
| 6 | She learned to stand up from sitting in a chair , and within two years she was able to walk short distances , even outside , with very little help . |
| 7 | Henrietta did not lose interest in her impecunious father and within two years she was with him aboard HMS Bullfinch for the trials of his new screw propeller . |
| 8 | It paid off — ‘ I actually got a job , then another , and within two years I was working every day . ’ |
| 9 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 10 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |