Example sentences of "[verb] seven year ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 21-year-old Liverpool man serving seven years ' detention for robbing women working in two Southampton shops was refused leave by the Criminal Appeal Court in London to appeal against his conviction and sentence . |
| 2 | A further significant motion at the meeting on 5 August 1790 called for provision to be made under Parliamentary authority for placing the profession of farriery ( as practised by shoeing-smiths ) on a more respectable footing , by forbidding farriers from practising unless licensed , by preventing , after a limited time , any person from practising farriery who had not served seven years ' apprenticeship under a licensed farrier , and so on . |
| 3 | Is it not the case that a similar figure would result from calculating seven years ' worth of tax relief for private medical insurance ? |
| 4 | One year 's seeding really does mean seven years ' weeding , when we consider the succession of seasons required for astronomical numbers of poppy seeds to decay to zero . |
| 5 | ROSEMARY MOON had seven years ' experience in the domestic appliance industry , both in research and international marketing , before embarking on a freelance career . |