Example sentences of "[prep] three years [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After three years there I was head-hunted by a marketing agency , D. F. & L. Associates , which was based just north of the City . |
| 2 | Before the right hon. Gentleman issues a denial , will he confirm that before the previous election the Tories said that they would continue to pay child benefit as before — only to freeze it immediately for three years when they took office ? |
| 3 | I was in one home for three years when I was at junior school . |
| 4 | For three years now we had moved stealthily through the darkness , sometimes absurdly confident , sometimes terrified , but always wondering just what sort of man it was that we heard creeping along the wall towards us and what sort of weapon he had in his hand . |
| 5 | Mike Mahoney , Newcastle 's director of rugby , set the target of promotion to Division One in three years when he moved into the Kingston Park hot seat . |
| 6 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |