Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adj] years ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in prison on remand for three weeks , then I went to court and got three years ' probation . |
| 2 | Roy has held many management positions and has 36 years ' experience in carpets . |
| 3 | Citibank Mortgage will pay stamp duty up to a maximum of £400 and provide two years ' free unemployment cover . |
| 4 | They agreed to limit the whole to 23 acres , 13 of which were on his Lordship 's land , and offered 40 years ' purchase of the actual rent — an offer which ‘ we flatter ourselves will preclude the unpleasant necessity of having recourse to the decision of a jury ’ . |
| 5 | Born in Devon in 1954 , Andrew Mudge left school at the age of fifteen and did nine years ' service in the Navy before becoming Gardener for the Trust at Castle Drogo where he worked for seven years . |
| 6 | When the Nazis took power he went underground and worked in the communist resistance , was arrested and did eight years ' penal servitude . |
| 7 | He had stopped off to collect some winnings at a nearby betting shop before going to pay his gas bill and deposit three years ' savings at a bank . |