Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] it [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it would have remained little more than a name but for the immense political danger that threatened it 21 years ago . |
| 2 | Software engineering outfit Dazix is now Intergraph Electronics after the company that bought it two years ago . |
| 3 | They later formed Theme Holdings with Peter Langan , opened three restaurants , floated the company on the stock market in 1987 ( value £6m ) and sold it two years later for £18m . |
| 4 | You sorted it out and settled it ten years ago , but now you are facing it as a new problem at your present age . |
| 5 | Johnson knew the word , but supposed it 50 years dead . |