Example sentences of "after [num] years ' [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Promotion prospects are good and after 2 years ' training your salary should rise to £19,680 or more . |
2 | After three years ' work he submitted a draft only to have it irrevocably vetoed without any intelligible reasons given or any consideration of amendment . |
3 | After ten years ' correspondence they venture to meet . |
4 | After Franco 's death and after 38 years ' absence he returned to Spain in 1977 , at the invitation of Suárez , and was in 1978 appointed president of the Catalonian regional government . |
5 | Carrick reached that rank after twenty years ' service which included considerable experience in the intermediate rank of supervisor of excise at Forfar before being advanced to his collectorship . |
6 | After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 . |