Example sentences of "years and [verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he lived another seven years and continued working to the end . |
| 2 | Mark , 27 , who is married with two children , has been a soldier for nine years and has served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers . |
| 3 | With the spread of home ownership , a process that began in earnest during the inter-war years and has accelerated since the 1960s , the passing on of the family home will become an increasingly important aspect of defining who owns what , and confirming the advantages enjoyed by some groups of the population . |
| 4 | She has been a civil servant for over 30 years and has worked at the town 's county court for 24 years . |
| 5 | She has been a keen walker and rock climber for many years and has climbed in the Alps , Pyrenees and Dolomites . |