Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years since [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the room they had shared for 30 years since they had moved in to claim his inheritance . |
| 2 | She still had n't got over the shock of seeing David Markham again ; it must be … she did a rapid calculation in her head … all of five years since he 'd walked out of their lives . |
| 3 | It was near twenty years since he had been here , and he had never , to his knowledge , so much as set eyes on any member of the surviving household . |
| 4 | A DJ for nine years since he was sixteen , Djaimin was born of an Italian father and English mum — but we still had to use Mike as an interpreter . |
| 5 | It is getting toward 70 years since I attended the lectures of that egregious humbug ‘ Tubby ’ Radcliffe at the Tech ( now UMIST ) . |
| 6 | ‘ What you seem to forget is that it 's on sixteen years since you left this house . |
| 7 | It 's only 18 months to two years since he was being bandied about as a possible England boss . |
| 8 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |