Example sentences of "[adv] [det] years [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not so many years since it broke away . ’ |
| 2 | She saw affection and concern in his eyes , but imagined that the love was gone , the intensity of the gaze , that knowingness that she had shared for so many years as they had fought to find this place through the forest . |
| 3 | You know you 're allowed to go up to nine percent as you say and you just pay as many years as you like . |
| 4 | Candida Gray , Candida Gray , a name that she had known for as many years as she had known any such names ; she had not read as many of the novels as she ought to have done , but she had read one at least , and that one she actually remembered . |
| 5 | For as many years as he was allotted he would remember this girl and love her . |
| 6 | Queen Victoria suffered a severe blow in December , 1861 when her beloved Prince Albert died — it was very many years before she eventually accepted his death , Memorials to him included the elaborate memorial in Kensington Gardens , with the world 's continents represented around its base , and facing the magnificent Albert Hall which is still the home of various public occasions and wonderful concerts . |