Example sentences of "[adj] years [prep] [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over many years in California they had acquired the know-how required to exploit a weak party situation . |
| 2 | In 40 years of film-making they have had not one disagreement . |
| 3 | In 1762 , Josiah Wedgwood met Thomas Bentley , a Liverpool merchant , with whom he formed an intimate and lasting friendship ; and after several years of negotiation they signed , in 1769 , a partnership which ended only on Bentley 's death in 1780 . |
| 4 | After more than two years of discussions they have decided to publish two separate statements , one from each country , in the next few weeks . |
| 5 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |