Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] years [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well taking our rivers , first of all , have the rivers of Sussex changed very much in recent years , and when I say recent years I mean over the last few centuries ? |
| 2 | I did n't know , she 'd done three years she said ! |
| 3 | If you wait five years it gets slightly steeper so the force to you becomes that and so on and so forth , forty five fifty and you can see at fifty five if you want to retire at a certain age er what 's the age that you actually want to retire ? |
| 4 | Well if it 's frozen there 's no way so er I rang up Mobil you see in and the fellow said oh if it 's been on for s you know few years he said , take your calliper off , put it in the vice and just lever it back that 's what we do |
| 5 | When A had lived x years he became the father of B. He lived after the birth of B y years and had other sons and daughters . |
| 6 | He was not as successful with melons because even ‘ Miller 's very fine old seed produced abominable fruit , and after trials covering five years he wrote to Chelsea for guidance . |