Example sentences of "that in [art] [adj] years [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's a sobering thought that in a million years or so , the Thames will break through somewhere around Poplar High Street and turn it into a proper island . |
2 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
3 | Pinchbeck acknowledges that in the five years since he left , Magnus has undergone interesting change . |
4 | So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit . |
5 | What the authorities failed to realise was that in the few years since the war had ended , aircraft design had moved forward a long way , and there had been a rapid development of jet aircraft of which Tank had little or no real experience — he had not been involved in this critical new phase . |
6 | It found that in the 3 years since the first survey , crime had moved from third place to the top of people ‘ s list of problems affecting their neighbourhood . |