Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] year before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part-time cleaner Betty Woods , 60 , paid full contributions for just four years before she wed Ron , 62 . |
| 2 | I knew him over a period of about two years before he died . |
| 3 | ‘ I was unemployed for nearly two years before I came here , I do know what it 's like . |
| 4 | Moreover , both these leaders served immensely long political apprenticeships before finally winning independence ; Jinnah was at the forefront of Indian politics for nearly 40 years before he got his Pakistan ; Nehru was hailed as the Crown prince of Indian nationalism over 20 years before he was able to keep his tryst with destiny . |
| 5 | I 'd probably been teaching for about four years before I began to have that confidence . |
| 6 | ‘ I still use Marshalls and I 've got a 100-watt head , although it 's nowhere near as good as an early '60s 50-watt Marshall which I used for about nine years before it got stolen . |
| 7 | He had a pleasure boat for about ten years before he died , used to run fucking tourists down to Hampton Court , that sort of stuff . ’ |
| 8 | Most of the sample group ( 82 per cent ) had been using for over two years before they first sought treatment . |
| 9 | One study found that nearly two thirds of patients had had their incontinence for over two years before they first sought professional advice . |
| 10 | They worked together for over three years before they fell in love . |
| 11 | Olly 's background , first on the electric instrument and subsequently on the double bass , took him around the jazz and blues clubs of the London circuit for over ten years before he teamed up with Melanie . |
| 12 | Eddie Chattaway had been taking part in the tournament for over twenty years before he loosed his winning arrow in 1977 . |
| 13 | They 'll take at least two years before they become fully established then very little maintenance will be needed . |
| 14 | As we explained in our previous book , and as virtually all serious biblical scholars concur , the Gospels , in treating such issues as these , were either drastically rewritten or , more likely , distorted the events they describe — which would have taken place at least thirty years before they were composed . |
| 15 | Your Koi will probably take at least 2–3 years before they are old enough to breed . |
| 16 | She says when I leave school I have to go out and get a job for at least three years before I even think of Entering . ’ |
| 17 | Now Vernage is back behind bars and it will be at least 25 years before he comes out to scare anyone again . |