Example sentences of "years [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Because we must remember that Iraq has already had an eight years war and they 're used to a war , they used to withstanding a war and it was the only reason that Britain survived in the last world war because it could withstand attack , and wait and wait until they were ready to counter attack .
2 two years headmaster and he was up there , he 's got two kids , one of them 's a West Ham supporter and the other is a
3 A source close to Saatchi insists that there is ‘ absolutely no intention of dispersing the collection ’ and is equally adamant that ‘ the collection will be greater in five or 10 years time than it is now . ’
4 HEARD in a City tavern last night : ‘ I expect my husband to be just the same in 20 years time as he is now . ’
5 That contrasts with what some policies will lead to in a few years time if we are going to have complete closure of some long stay hospitalS .
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