Example sentences of "[subord] [num] year [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after more than fifty years they have not been fully appreciated by many philosophers , and are still the subject of much controversy . |
| 2 | Gavin Dalzell of Lesmahagow copied his machine in 1846 and passed on the details to so many people that for more than fifty years he was generally regarded as the inventor of the bicycle . |
| 3 | As a member for more than 35 years I well understand the reasons for it , but I am inclined to the view now that one impartial professional body would be a far better umbrella organization . |
| 4 | So after less than three years it was removed to Cleveland Lodge in Great Ayton which was the home of John Pease . |
| 5 | For children older than 6 years they are asked if they can inhibit urination for an hour to teach bladder retention . |
| 6 | For more than 50 years I have nurtured what might be called an insatiable interest in China and the arts , crafts , and accomplishments of the Chinese people , the oldest extant civilization on earth . |
| 7 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 8 | Cos Dave 's been out the country like ehm , well it 's just under ten years , and if he stays out longer than ten years he loose , he loose his citizenship . |
| 9 | However , if this practice has persisted for more than twelve years it will have become what is known as a prescriptive right of way , and you will inherit it and not be able to do anything about it . |
| 10 | For more than twenty years I 've been part of the furniture , a constant teatime companion . |
| 11 | For more than twenty years you have advised me to be cautious , to consider the full implications of my actions , but now , suddenly , you counsel me to rashness . ’ |
| 12 | For more than thirty years he was president of the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol . |
| 13 | For more than thirty years I have been fighting for them . |
| 14 | For more than four years he rented a luxury flat near his home at a cost of £385 a week and showered her with expensive gifts . |
| 15 | They can be sacked If it 's less than two years they 've been working , they can be sacked at a weeks notice or whatever it is . |
| 16 | Even if you are working or have been away from the University for more than two years you can still have Current Vacancies mailed to you for a small charge . |
| 17 | I have been here for more than two years I have lectured them . |
| 18 | In other cases the prisoner will know only that it is 20 years or more , although if he asks and if it is no more than 20 years he will , as I understand it , be given that information . |
| 19 | For more than 20 years she worked as a physio-therapist in the elderly care sector . |
| 20 | For three-and-a-half years they had met twice or thrice a month , holidaying clandestinely together , clasping happiness against all the odds , basking blissfully in each other 's company . |
| 21 | And even over a period as long as 15 years we would be paying a lot less ( £184 millions ) than the £684 millions that will go next year to safeguard the Falkland Islands from the Argentinians — a matter which many ecologists see as a fight between two bald men over the possession of a comb . |