Example sentences of "and [prep] [num] years [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His name was Dr Georges Flandrin and for five years he had been treating the Shah for cancer . |
| 2 | Queen Victoria always needed the support of a dedicated man and for nineteen years she found it in Brown . |
| 3 | They chose a spot by a river , on the side of a mountain , they called three hundred workmen together , and for three years they toiled at building the city . |
| 4 | He very quickly became an invaluable member of the organisation and after two years I made him manager . |
| 5 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |
| 6 | From then on his rise was rapid and within three years he had become the supreme influence at Edward 's court . |
| 7 | Dr McClure began school teaching in 1981 and within three years she became deputy headmistress at Kingswood School , Bath . |
| 8 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 9 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |