Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he lived for eleven more years , he did not stand again . |
| 2 | I stayed for eight more years , for the last two as a teacher . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , to guarantee that four satellites will always be visible would require 24 of them — and there will not be that many around for another few years . |
| 4 | ‘ I have looked after myself so hopefully my body will repay me by keeping going for another few years . |
| 5 | But after many many years , the boy suddenly got worried . |
| 6 | And Goldberg , in his pad : Dear Harsnet , it may surprise you to hear that after all these years I am finally at work transcribing the notes you entrusted to me so many years ago , with a view to eventually publishing them . |
| 7 | After all these years of knowing Lucy , too ! |
| 8 | So now after all these years we are taking He Pito Whakaatu i Te Noho a Te Maori i Te Awa o Whanganui ( Scenes of Maori Life on The Whanganui River ) , made in 1921 , back to Koroniti . |
| 9 | I can also listen to a conversation between mining engineers and understand ninety-five per cent of it , even after all these years . |
| 10 | After all these years it 'll be a real house and home again . |
| 11 | For example after their early years in Britain , Sikh women were allowed to go to work but even after all these years of earning a wage they rarely make , or are consulted about , decisions made about money . |
| 12 | Even after all these years it still carries an authentic medieval flavour . |
| 13 | After all these years , a non-family member will have little authority . |
| 14 | Why is it , do you think , that after all these years , the dominant sound around Ali is silence ? |
| 15 | But how would he break the news to Georgina that he 'd let her down after all these years ? |
| 16 | The parting of the ways , I 'm afraid , after all these years . |
| 17 | I suppose I 'm going to miss the old firm after all these years . |
| 18 | ‘ Now if you 'd like me to tell you what I really think of United Motors after all these years , I 'll do so . ’ |
| 19 | I know that the organisational change has come as a shock to you , as it has for me , but we want to part company after all these years , on the best and friendliest of terms . |
| 20 | But they just exhausted themselves after all these years — and I was in the right place at the right time , so they all settled on me to direct it . |
| 21 | He knew better than to offer help , after all these years . |
| 22 | ‘ After all these years you 'd think he 'd be careful . ’ |
| 23 | But would you agree now , after all these years , to let me display the work if I merely credit it to ED and DE ? ’ |
| 24 | After all these years of minding a child he would enjoy some intellectual companionship . |
| 25 | Barker 's poetry , however , is largely of a different order : rebellious , mad , hortatory , and still singing after all these years . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a terrible shame that , after all these years of feminism , women should be back in the place where they are regarded as expendable . |
| 27 | But the furore is certain to bump up Rogan 's sales among Smiths fan who — even after all these years — are still pining for the last great rock band . |
| 28 | He did after all find Ash fascinating , even after all these years . |
| 29 | I want help to discover the real me after all these years . ’ |
| 30 | to go by , after all these years ? |