Example sentences of "[be] years [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It had been years since she had cried like that , and that she should have done so now in front of Luke surprised her even more .
2 It had been years since he could supply pupils solely trained by him .
3 I pre-recorded it to a click track on Tuesday — very nervously , it 's been years since I sang — and will mime it with a live orchestra tonight .
4 As it had been years since I had been anywhere further away from Fontanellato than Parma , I had no hesitation in saying that I would like to go to Bologna .
5 ‘ Now , it had been years since I had seen Bartholomew Burghgesh and I considered him long dead , yet I am sure that man I glimpsed that cold December morning was Sir Bartholomew himself .
6 But in Kashmir the insurgency is only three years old , and while there are cases of extortion and rape by the militants , it will be years before they are rejected as were their counterparts in Punjab .
7 It will , however , likely be years before we see hide or hair of it — the company 's programming centre in Boca Raton , Florida , indicates that version 2.1 will be the next implementation of OS/2 , and even that is n't likely to hit the market until at least spring of next year .
8 And she said , when she qualifies it will be years before she 's gets back to an F grade !
9 He began to think it would be years before he escaped until the day he bumped into Wednesday , who was now Sunday , as he tip-toed back to Nettles .
10 We did n't live together because I felt it would be years before I 'd be reasonable company for another human being .
11 I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’
12 It 'll be years before you 're in this position again , so do n't give it up until you 're absolutely certain you 've found the place you want .
13 Mr Patten has promised enough resources for the inspectorate to solve this problem but it may be years before it is strong enough to effectively enforce its new duties .
14 The firm reckons it will be years before it finds the system 's limits .
15 We realised it was going to be years before it would be right . ’
16 Others such as geologists or naturalists may be able to collect that information much more rapidly , but again it may be years before it can be used to produce a theory of evolution .
17 ‘ It must be years since he has ridden it .
18 It is years since I wore one .
19 It is years since I risked my neck .
20 It 's years since you went on a train , you have n't any idea .
21 Rubbing his cheek , he said , ‘ It 's years since you did that .
22 Ida McAninly , of St Albans Street , Tow Law , says it 's years since she stood on Witton Park Station , but the memories are brought back by this photograph .
23 ‘ It 's years since I 've seen them .
24 ‘ It 's years since I was in Europe . ’
25 Let me tell you , though , that it 's years since I was ordered about ; they dare not even do that in the office .
26 It 's years since I had one in my house . ’
27 It 's years since I 've had roly-poly pudding .
28 I wondered if they still did it at the pictures , 'cos it 's years since I went to the pictures .
29 ‘ It 's years since I 've been up here , ’ Vitor said , ‘ but if I remember correctly there 's a good vantage point another mile on . ’
30 ‘ It 's years since I had porridge — I think .
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