Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [num] year " in BNC.

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1 Daft as it may seem after three years of knowing Jim Bob , I still do n't know him at all .
2 ‘ If a bed is in 365 days a year use , it could last for three years or maybe more , ’ says John Mott of supplier Airsprung Furniture .
3 Some analysts in the Philippines reckon that if the project is successful it could account within five years for at least 10% of GNP .
4 A date of 3220 BC ± 100 indicates a 68% chance that the real date lies within 100 years either side of 3220 BC , and a 95% chance that it will lie within 200 years either side of that date .
5 The elder grows very rapidly indeed , and self-sows freely , to produce new shoots 120cm ( 4ft ) long in one season ; it will flower within three years from seed and often sooner .
6 It can live for 10 years , and grow to a substantial 20 kilograms .
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