Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Wilson aged 43 , a married man with three children , has been employed by Humberside Heavy Haulage as a traffic clerk for five years and his current weekly wage is £120 per week . |
| 2 | worked at Hull Flake mill as a wages clerk for 14 years , retiring at 66 years of age . |
| 3 | In December 1280 Master James was granted letters of protection for seven years , probably the estimated time for completing the works he took over in 1278 . |
| 4 | It remained there in its watery grave for 44 years , until it was raised from the Loch and brought to Brooklands in 1985 . |
| 5 | Allende 's remains had been brought from the coastal town of Viña del Mar , 80 km from Santiago , where they had lain in an anonymous grave for 17 years . |
| 6 | Although the aircraft was severely broken-up on impact , the remains of its compressed wreckage have been well preserved in Peaty silt for 51 years . |
| 7 | ( Henry ) Wooden , his valet for seven years who on his marriage left his service and came to Henley where he worked at the Brewery for 30 years . |
| 8 | Under preparation for three years , the bill set up the framework for the legal operation of private radio and television stations and for an independent public broadcasting system . |
| 9 | The company has an operating concession for 15 years . |
| 10 | ‘ In May next year she will have been in remission for five years , ’ explains her mum . |
| 11 | An obstructive episode was treated with bypass enteroenteric anastomosis and maintenance prenisolone and he remained in remission for five years . |
| 12 | He makes a pact with the devil whereby the devil will be his servant and do his bidding for 24 years , after which time he will render up his immortal soul . |
| 13 | Well er ha you know I found myself after Budgie managing a singer called Leo and that led to a lot of interesting business and getting involved an , and I sort of forgot Adam Faith for ten years and just got diverted really . |
| 14 | ‘ I could go to see Lewis Watts , he was my dad 's apprentice for five years when I was a little sprout like you just learning the trade . |
| 15 | Malan , Minister of Defence for 11 years , was reassigned to the Ministry of Housing and Works and also of Water and Forest Affairs , replacing Gert J. Kotze in the latter post with effect from Oct. 1 ; the Defence portfolio was taken by his former deputy , Roelf Meyer , who was from the left of the National Party . |
| 16 | The Vulcan , which only saw active service during one raid in the Falklands campaign … was at the heart of Britain 's Air Defence for thirty years . |
| 17 | Her sister Harriet has had the cottage for two years . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been out-machoing men and bedding women with that story for twenty years . ’ |
| 19 | He used a basic time range , later extended , of nine years , checking bibliographic coverage for 4 years before the base year , and four years afterwards . |
| 20 | Television , both BBC 's coverage for 20 years and ITV 's for the past five , not only attracted lucrative sponsorships but developed a greater interest among the young . |
| 21 | February 's inflation rate showed a 2.3 per cent monthly increase ( the biggest monthly rise for four years ) , representing an annualized rate for early 1990 of just over 13 per cent , substantially above the budget target . |
| 22 | ‘ Glimmers of hope ’ after lowest jobless rise for two years |
| 23 | He said : ‘ All I know is that we 've signed him on a playing contract for four years and we 're delighted to have him back . |
| 24 | We have 70 employees here , and have held the contract for 13 years . |
| 25 | a fixed-term contract for two years or more entered into from 6 December 1965 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for state redundancy pay , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term . |
| 26 | a fixed-term contract for two years or more entered into from 6 December 1965 can include an agreement in writing by you to exclude any claim that you may have for state redundancy pay , where your dismissal consists only of the expiry of the term . |
| 27 | This Board was formed from two previous panels — Quantity Surveying and Estate Management — and he was a member or Chairman of the Board for twelve years , as well as being a member of the Committee for Science and Technology by virtue of his Board chairmanship . |
| 28 | Colonel Wilkinson , who died in October 1900 , had been on the Board for 22 years . |
| 29 | How much more able to make that judgement were those colleagues who had already been on the board for seven years or more ? ’ |
| 30 | Special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh , who has pursued the case for six years , said he was going after Mr Bush as the key figure in the 1986 scandal . |