Example sentences of "[prep] five years [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Compared with five years before it was a raging torrent . |
| 3 | Erwin even questions whether there is room for the mainframe in this scenario — ‘ If the mainframe 's price-performance relationship is the same in five years as it is now , it does n't stand a chance ’ . |
| 4 | Jarvefelt was an actor in Stockholm for five years before he got into opera , and — like many theatre people — he was disinclined to challenge the presumed limitations of opera singers as actors . |
| 5 | On past experience , a 15 per cent fall in the value of the pound could add 3 per cent to inflationary pressures for five years unless it is contained and offset by cost controls , and increases in output and productivity . |
| 6 | A path is now being beaten to the door of McGrain , who could not convince anybody in the game to give him a job in management for five years after he left Celtic . |
| 7 | Miss Fielding , from Stockport , presented Blue Peter for five years until she left in the summer . |
| 8 | Ipswich v Sunderland Ipswich will put together their best run for five years if they avoid defeat against Sunderland . |
| 9 | I 'll even get married for five years if you want . |
| 10 | It 's not actually automatic because you can stay in for those extra up up to five years if you so choose . |