Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should think two years , you know , when the restrictions got lifted a bit , so it got better , yeah . |
| 2 | I 'll mention six years to you ! |
| 3 | Do n't you worry about that , said Bernie , I 'll have 10 years off him . |
| 4 | In fact I 'd wait four days , I 'd wait four years to watch it on T V it 's so crap . |
| 5 | At the end of the summer I shall complete two years as the caretaker of Report ( the fulfilment of a verbal obligation I made in August 1968 ) . |
| 6 | Means ( 1988 ) argues that some authors treat the total group of " pensioners " ( a group which may cover 40 years given the trend to early retirement ) as a " special needs " category . |
| 7 | Now ye 'll do five years ’ hard for what ye 've done to Luke ! ’ |
| 8 | The new law will carry a sentence which could average two years in jail , ‘ designed not just to be a deterrent but to instil new respect for the rule of law ’ . |
| 9 | A general degree which would require three years of full-time study should normally require no less than five years and no more than eight years of part-time study . |
| 10 | Volume of Bibliography of Scotland was published in March 1990 ; the next volume , which will cover three years , will be produced on microfiche , with accompanying documentation , in summer 1991 . |
| 11 | Edward VIII , the rise of Hitler , and World War Three which will last three years and seven months and bring about the end of the world . |
| 12 | She 'll see two years old in December |
| 13 | Aslan 's spectacular claims that she could add eight years to the average lifespan by means of procaine injections started a spate of clinical trials during 1959–1960 , all of which were negative . |
| 14 | Do n't you realize you could get 99 years in a Federal pen for shooting your mouth off like that ? ’ |
| 15 | He said the terms should run concurrently so that she would serve four years . |
| 16 | Certainly it would appear that foreign language learners who would have six years ' experience at school followed by three years ' university training plus a year in the country of that language , are treating the learning task much more seriously than sign language learners . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you know , Bathsheba , that according to the lawyers , you can remarry seven years after your husband 's supposed death , that is , six years from now ? |
| 18 | And essentially you can get two years ' worth of records in , in a storage binder . |
| 19 | ‘ We ca n't do it until next March , when we 'll have five years ’ trading figures to show , ’ Adam said . |
| 20 | the room we used to share ten years ago . |
| 21 | It seems likely that whatever happens we will miss one year whilst these discussions take place . |
| 22 | We have set a target date of 31 December 1987 for all submissions on the basis of which we will construct 12 year implementation programmes . |
| 23 | Accepting that the calculations can take years to complete , he asked : ‘ If we can spend 10 years on an experiment , why ca n't you do these calculations ? ’ |
| 24 | Now we can plan 2 years in front of ourselves . ’ |
| 25 | They should last two years |
| 26 | In an article in today 's Mail on Sunday Dr Owen also warns Tory leaders that if they rule out coalition with the Liberal Democrats they could end 13 years in |
| 27 | They could do two years , between sixteen and eighteen , you see ? |
| 28 | They sat opposite each other in the little Covent Garden restaurant they used to patronize two years ago . |
| 29 | ‘ Because they would unlock fifty years ’ worth of royalties on Tristram Abberley 's poems ? ’ |
| 30 | ( They would marry two years later , some months after she had given birth to twin boys . |