Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In doing that every day for fifty one years he actually wore a trench in the solid concrete floor . |
| 2 | The upshot of the matter was that although the Butcher had an account for 30 odd years they did not think him worthy of an invite . |
| 3 | For forty three years it has been the jewel in the crown of the Labour Party legislation and for forty three years the Labour Party has defended the National Health Service against all comers . |
| 4 | After three dormant years it began humming like a computer , sucking in information of which it had been starved , until my head began to hurt physically with the effort . |
| 5 | After fifteen thousand years they were very good at it ! |
| 6 | The first crossing of the Atlantic entirely under steam power was made in 1833 and the ships which travelled that route were among the most famous in the history of steamships : the Mauretania held the Blue Riband or the fastest Atlantic crossing , but after twenty two years it was won by the Queen May . |
| 7 | After thirty long years it was time to forget the past . |
| 8 | Built in the year nine O nine , for six hundred years it was the largest enclosed building in the world . |
| 9 | For twenty five years he has been a member of Equity and has played a different number of roles . |
| 10 | I felt after working hard for twenty seven years I felt it was a shame . |
| 11 | For twenty three years I lived in England , and with the exception of the Falklands Conflict , I have never felt an emotion for my country like the Americans experience for theirs . |
| 12 | For four hundred years it was owned by a succession of wealthy aristocrats … the valley , woodland and lakes seen as private possessions for their eyes only . |
| 13 | For two thousand years we lived in darkness . |
| 14 | And for two thousand years we have had a government not our own . |
| 15 | For two thousand years we have done that . |
| 16 | For two long years I lived the life of a slave . |
| 17 | He continued his studies at Leiden , where he learned of the death of his father in 1644 , and for two more years he travelled further in France and the Netherlands . |