Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it stayed 70 years on the floor . |
| 2 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 3 | This was how it looked two years ago — now there 's more height in the garden , but there 's still a long way to go . |
| 4 | stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that . |
| 5 | Yet it took ten years for the pope to arrive at the point he had desired in 1199 , where he could treat the parties as equals , the one and the other , alterum et alterum as he says , and make his decision in Rome . |