Example sentences of "[to-vb] after [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | This he held until 1983 , when he asked to be allowed to retire after thirty years of continuous service to the BDDA . |
| 2 | JOHN ARMSTRONG TO RETIRE AFTER 30 YEARS AT IBM |
| 3 | The college 's head of training plans to retire after 30 years service . |
| 4 | Piotr Kolodziejczyk , on the grounds that he was eligible to retire after 35 years ' service . |
| 5 | Last night six names went forward for next month 's selection contest caused by the decision of Mr Ted Leadbitter to retire after 25 years . |
| 6 | As part of that deal he agreed to pay $38m to his 49 per cent partner in the purchase , Francis Murray , if Murray wanted to sell after three years . |
| 7 | Well , that 's good to hear after ten years , Aggie . |
| 8 | But if , at the time the shares are subscribed they carry no voting rights for , say , the first five years , this does not give rise to a chargeable event when the five years have elapsed , because the entitlement to vote after five years exists from the outset . |
| 9 | Shipyard to shut after 160 years |
| 10 | The women have a lot more catching up to do after last year 's bottom place , but new coach Alan McMurray is quietly confident they can come closer to their 1991 success . |
| 11 | To leave after two years . |
| 12 | They had both agreed to adopt after two years of unfruitful marriage , but decided to bypass the responsibilities of looking after a baby . |
| 13 | US troops are forced to withdraw after seven years of war . |
| 14 | These men are also frequently by their misfortunes raised into the greatest benefit that Charles Lamb wrote of as being his fortune to realise after long years of being a poor man in time to be lifted into a vast inheritance . |
| 15 | But insiders close to Blundell confirmed the deal was agreed and says he is almost certain to return after one year out of competitive Formula One racing , during which he won the Le Mans 24-Hours classic alongside fellow Briton Derek Warwick . |
| 16 | — these were the first decent UG plates to appear in the hobby , and I have always stuck to them , having no cause to complain after 15 years of use . |
| 17 | What an admission to make after 12 years of Conservative government that our economy is uniquely incapable of being signed up for participation in a single currency . |