Example sentences of "in the [adj] years [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the four years they had been separated , she had seen her husband only twice , and both times had been quite by chance . |
| 2 | In the two years they had been operating , Stephen had taught her never to lose her temper with the guests , however unreasonable , but to try to win them over . |
| 3 | Chief Superintendent McLean says that last summer the resources he allocated to the protection of the Ks were greater than those given to anything , other than really serious crimes such as murder , in the two years he had been in charge of Hounslow division . |
| 4 | In the first years he had easy-going jailers . |
| 5 | He felt himself warm toward the sullenly controlled man as he never had in the three years he had been on the paper . |
| 6 | But in the three years he had worked for her , she had n't deceived him . |
| 7 | If , at first , his rule had appeared to be to the benefit of France , in the last years it had suffered considerable setbacks . |