Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] years [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She resembles closely the ‘ buxom Welsh cousin named Florence , who was probably eight or nine years my senior ’ , so described in The Childhood , with whom he spent ‘ the most blissful hours ’ in country walks from his grandmother 's Swindon home to Shaw or Lydiard when he was ten or eleven . |
| 2 | Because their tour of duty usually lasted no more than three or four years their primary loyalties were thought to be to their careers in the Home Office at large . |
| 3 | For more than sixty years my poor old liver and kidney — 1 now had only one — had struggled valiantly to act as a purification plant and sewage works . |
| 4 | His marriage in 1914 to Florence Emily Dugdale , his companion and secretary for many years , and 40 years his junior , brought a much needed order and peace to his later years . |
| 5 | ‘ Prince Richard is but three years your junior , ’ said Joan cheerfully , refusing to take her complaints seriously . |