Example sentences of "[noun] it [vb past] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | While amateur gardeners in the UK have kept many old apple varieties alive , the US has lost forever most of the apples it had 100 years ago . |
| 2 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 3 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 4 | A property it acquired many years ago is carried at a valuation . |
| 5 | In cash terms that is exactly the same as the amount it received seven years ago . |
| 6 | ICI , which developed the R12 replacement , has cut its production of CFCs to roughly half the amount it manufactured three years ago . |
| 7 | When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark . |
| 8 | In 792 the Saxons revolted yet again ; this time it took two years of campaigning to suppress the Eastphalians and Nordalbingians involved . |
| 9 | In fact , on any view it started many years before that , though in a haphazard manner . |