Example sentences of "years [subord] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BuNo 133722 became a familiar sight at most West Cost USA airshows over the years until Lindsey purchased it and had it flown to the UK . |
| 2 | In retirement Leslie launched the Oswestry Festival of Village Choirs , which absorbed him for some years until underfunding brought it to an end . |
| 3 | It is 45 years since Cheltenham made it this far , nearly 60 since their one and only appearance in the third round . |
| 4 | It took another two years before Picker offered it to English director John Schlesinger . |
| 5 | Its segments open , and out drop the fertilised fully-provisioned eggs — seeds — which if necessary can wait for years before moisture penetrates them and stimulates them to spring to life . |
| 6 | In a broadcast he made after the war , he described the journal as one " which had clearly failed of its purpose several years before events brought it to an end " . |
| 7 | Earlier , in a visit to the headquarters of the Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol , Mr Rutskoy said he favoured a referendum on whether Crimea should be returned to Russia , 32 years after Khrushchev presented it to Ukraine . |
| 8 | But now the Magpies are on the march again , nine years after Keegan guided them back into the top flight before sensationally swapping fog on the Tyne for the sunshine of Spain . |
| 9 | Except for the two years after Martin drowned I 've always been able to believe that at the heart of the universe there is love . ’ |