Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] year get " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taken five years to get this one right and the Government will not want to repeat the mistakes of the mid-1980s when Nigel Lawson thought he had beaten inflation , only to discover that it was just sleeping . |
| 2 | It is remarkable that the talks have got so far , even if it has taken six years to get within touching distance of a deal . |
| 3 | Despite the Constabulary 's evil reputation , it has taken three years to get a law though Congress that abolished the organisation . |
| 4 | It has taken three years to get Tokyo 's approval for new lessons on Japan 's traditional arts . |
| 5 | I mean , I 've needed four years to get to this point so she could have all the time in the world as far as I was concerned . |
| 6 | But he had taken three years to get there . |
| 7 | ‘ The Conservatives have had 13 years to get law and order right . |
| 8 | Carter , who did not appear on stage himself , later said : ‘ The idiots who run pool in this country have had 20 years to get it right and they 've messed up . |