Example sentences of "after [adj] years [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 She should have told her that after thirty-six years of marriage she 'd discovered her husband was a homosexual , the explanation of everything .
2 Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency .
3 After 17 years of service it was a humiliating experience .
4 After long years of thought we are conditioned to respond to this imperceptible stimulus of beauty , and we see the imagery in the small and insignificant , and feel the sensation of ecstasy that it causes .
5 Although she stated that after 25 years in government she was keen to seek new challenges , there was widespread speculation that she would resume her political career in 1992 by contesting either the governorship or a Senate seat in her native North Carolina .
6 After 50 years of experience we have perfected the art of passenger hospitality on long flights .
7 AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do .
8 you think god , you know , and after five years of marriage you think well have we tried everything , yeah
9 After five years of controversy it is about to be laid to rest .
10 In 1762 , Josiah Wedgwood met Thomas Bentley , a Liverpool merchant , with whom he formed an intimate and lasting friendship ; and after several years of negotiation they signed , in 1769 , a partnership which ended only on Bentley 's death in 1780 .
11 After twenty years of struggle it seemed less likely to liberate any part of Palestine than it had in 1967 .
12 After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them .
13 After eighteen years of pain I have decided to leave .
14 Henrietta 's frail constitution could not withstand the rigours of childbirth , however , and after seven years of marriage she died soon after giving birth to their son , John .
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