Example sentences of "[verb] two year ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's two years since we 've done it so we 've got two years ’ worth of playing and they 've got two years ' worth of applause . ’ |
2 | Knife-carriers could face two years ' jail |
3 | His move into stockbroking at the age of 21 followed two years ' training to be a chartered accountant which by his own admission he did n't enjoy . |
4 | The French policy is to keep two years ' supply of metals ; the government has admitted to hoarding copper , lead , tungsten and chromium , although it has kept to itself exactly what else the stockpile contains . |
5 | And essentially you can get two years ' worth of records in , in a storage binder . |
6 | The first time I got charged with chequebooks and cards I got two years ' probation . |
7 | The singer , who was not in court , was given two years ' probation and ordered to donate £30,000 to five local community projects by St Louis County Circuit Judge Ellis Gregory . |
8 | Pleading guilty to arson , he was given two years ' probation . |
9 | In July he succeeded in settling two years ' disruption at heavy labour cost ( 26 per cent ) and in his all-too-brief career he also announced a 5.9 trillion lire investment programme to be completed in 1995 , divided between fleet expansion ( 3.4 trillion lire ) and ground upgrading . |
10 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
11 | Similarly , the payment of 1007 gained two years ' respite , but then the enemy returned , apparently in greater numbers . |