Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [num] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 2 | In 1923 he obtained two consultant posts as children 's physician , one at the Queen 's Hospital for Children , where for ten years he was in charge of the London county council rheumatic and heart clinic , and the other at Paddington Green Children 's Hospital , where he continued to work for nearly forty years . |
| 3 | I was lucky to move on from Manchester City Art Galleries where after seventeen years I ended up as Senior Keeper of Fine Art . |
| 4 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |
| 5 | And if in three years you decided the performance was less than adequate , it would be worth you losing two percent to come out . |
| 6 | oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done |
| 7 | But after three such encounters he said he realized this was because after eight years she had stopped loving him and he made his famous remark about adultery . |
| 8 | Richard has a wealth of experience in catering as for twenty years he was manager of a large company hotel . |
| 9 | It did n't last ; his alienation from England seems to have coincided with an alienation from Dorothy , for within five years he had a child by Olga Rudge . |
| 10 | For one thing , she said , they could hardly scrape up enough money for one deck passage , let alone two , for in two years he had sold only three paintings for a few pounds . |