Example sentences of "in the [num] 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 He felt himself warm toward the sullenly controlled man as he never had in the three years he had been on the paper .
5 But in the three years he had worked for her , she had n't deceived him .
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