Example sentences of "[num] [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upshot of the matter was that although the Butcher had an account for 30 odd years they did not think him worthy of an invite . |
| 2 | After three dormant years it began humming like a computer , sucking in information of which it had been starved , until my head began to hurt physically with the effort . |
| 3 | The war had proved Dobbie 's exceptional ability as a staff officer and for nine of the ten following years he served in staff appointments in the Rhine Army , Aldershot , the War Office , and Western Command . |
| 4 | For two long years I lived the life of a slave . |
| 5 | After thirty long years it was time to forget the past . |
| 6 | Everybody will be aware of the fact that in the course of the last two budgetary years we have made savings in excess of what we had anticipated . |