Example sentences of "and within [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year later he switched to Labour , and within six years he had won a seat on Hounslow borough council . |
| 2 | With the loss of Gunbad and Silverspear , the Dwarfs lose their most important mines in the east and within five years they abandon the eastern fringes of the Worlds Edge Mountains altogether . |
| 3 | Others are moving into the frame and within five years it is possible that more than half of all lamb will be sold overseas . |
| 4 | The fragile democratic institutions of Weimar were not able to survive the sense of defeat , the recession and Hitler 's onslaught , and within fifteen years he was elected Chancellor . |
| 5 | She learned to stand up from sitting in a chair , and within two years she was able to walk short distances , even outside , with very little help . |
| 6 | Henrietta did not lose interest in her impecunious father and within two years she was with him aboard HMS Bullfinch for the trials of his new screw propeller . |
| 7 | It paid off — ‘ I actually got a job , then another , and within two years I was working every day . ’ |
| 8 | So in the long run , first of all we saved ourselves an initial risk outlay of a quarter of a million pounds on legal fees , the second thing is that we now have that common land back under control , and within ten years we will recoup all of that money . |
| 9 | He decided to brew a long-lasting , high quality version of this porter and within ten years he was exporting his ‘ Guinness Extra Strong Porter ’ to London . |
| 10 | From then on his rise was rapid and within three years he had become the supreme influence at Edward 's court . |
| 11 | Dr McClure began school teaching in 1981 and within three years she became deputy headmistress at Kingswood School , Bath . |