Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela Jones , 26 , of the same address , said she had known Michael for eight years and they had lived together for seven . |
| 2 | I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims . |
| 3 | The world of secondary schools was one from which I had been absent for eight years and it had in the mean time greatly expanded , so that the new secondary modern schools now occupied most — although not necessarily the most strategically important — territory . |
| 4 | After National Service in the RAF , he worked for for eight years and it was during this time that he came in contact with , whilst the Belfast mill was being refurbished . |
| 5 | One resident , who did n't want to be named , moaned yesterday : ‘ It 's been called Eldorado Close for 30 years and we all used to like it . |
| 6 | Also , I 've been on my own for 30 years and I 'm rather set in my ways . |
| 7 | I have worked in adult education for 12 years and I am proud , like the education spokesman for the Social and Liberal Democrats and , I think , the Leader of the Opposition , to be a vice-president of the Workers Educational Association . |
| 8 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 9 | Particularly Old Speckled Hen could survive ; they 've only been brewing it there in its present form for 2 years and it would be easy for us to transfer that production to their specifications using Morland 's yeast . |
| 10 | On the other hand , if you 're married to somebody for forty years and they get fat , you do n't just divorce them because they get fat . |
| 11 | The rate of change in media will continue at this pace for some years and we can take nothing for granted . |
| 12 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 13 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 14 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 15 | I stayed with Robert Fraser for some years and it all ended with Robert going to jail on the famous drug bust with the Rolling Stones . |
| 16 | He 'd returned after two years and she was happy with that . |
| 17 | It was great and probably would have been with the exception of the video going to number one , it probably would be the highlight of our career cos we 'd been out of had n't been working in Ireland for six years and we were back in and did a sell out concert tour and I think that was really good . |
| 18 | Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child . |
| 19 | They have n't been champions for 26 years and it could be another 26 before they win it again . |
| 20 | He 's been breeding Herefords for 45 years and it breaks his heart to see us importing rubbish from overseas . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 23 | Expect them to be hammered and they hold the eventual World Cup winners to a point : expect them to see off a side which had not won in the Championship for three years and they submit weakly . |
| 24 | Well , it 's been going in Oxford now for three years and it 's for people with disability and able bodied people , and with the current production we have which is being produced by Paul Newham , the people there have er suffered with M S and are visually impaired and er you know , various disabilities like that , plus able bodied people . |
| 25 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 26 | He 's on probation for three years and he has to do 100 hours community service . |
| 27 | And Darren from Stoke on Trent was in the forces for three years and he did n't see any bullying at all . |
| 28 | I 'm 40 , I 've been living with my fiancé , who 's the same age , for three years and I think the world of him . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been working at the restaurant for three years and I like it there . |
| 30 | I have been going out with my girlfriend for three years and she wants us to get married but I 'm not so sure ! |