Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] ten years ' " in BNC.
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1 | Popular at home ( the Duke of Edinburgh recently bought one ) , for foreigners they offer cheap chic : a cab dismissed after ten years ' service sells for around £1,500 ( $1,250 ) . |
2 | Erm , the storage binder , we , we , er , anticipate that you of course , will wind up with shelves full of storage binders housing various diaries , and you 'll want to know in ten years ' time , which storage binder has your nineteen ninety-four diary , erm , that 's what that label is for . |
3 | He was arrested shortly after his arrival and was detained without trial until September when he was sentenced to ten years ' hard labour for alleged espionage . |
4 | Three weeks later they were sentenced to ten years ' imprisonment . |
5 | Prisoner of conscience Yndamiro Restano , president of an unofficial opposition group known as the Harmony Movement , was convicted of rebellion and sentenced to ten years ' imprisonment in May ( see Worldwide Appeal , pages 20–21 ) . |
6 | After drumming as a semi-professional in the 1960s , Stan took a degree as a mature student at Birmingham University , leading to ten years ' work as a careers officer , In 1979 Stan became the Musicians ' Union 's South-East district organizer , and subsequently the Central London branch secretary and co-editor of the union 's award-winning Musician magazine . |
7 | The maximum penalty for this offence when perpetrated against a woman was formerly two years ' imprisonment , rising to five where she was under 13.6 In 1985 , it was raised to ten years ' imprisonment regardless of the victim 's age . |