Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [adj] years it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After thirty long years it was time to forget the past . |
| 5 | Built in the year nine O nine , for six hundred years it was the largest enclosed building in the world . |
| 6 | 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 . |