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Example sentences of "years [coord] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1	I was with Jack for nearly two years and during that time I first met Greg Norman .
2	For all her strange behaviour in rehearsals and in the office , she had held her position as director for eleven years and during that time the Tiller troupes still commanded the highest respect and dominated all other dance troupes .
3	Mrs Archer has been a member of the club for more than 25 years and during that time has held office as a committee member , treasurer and chairman .
4	I 've had the same look for the last 7–8 years and during that time I 've put on some weight .
5	The Merseyside Police Raft Race has been running for years and during that time has raised vast sums for local charities .
6	The canals of 1900 had existed for over 100 years and during this time had changed but little .
7	Mauchline Ware , as it is known , irrespective of where it was made , was produced for over 100 years and in that time millions of items must have been manufactured and distributed around the world .
8	I am reminded of all this by a correspondent who tells me that she has had a pear tree ‘ for about 30 years and in that time , have only once had good fruit ’ .
9	But he has been the Labour Party 's chosen candidate for almost two years and in that time he has worked hard to build up a high profile , assiduously interpreting official figures on unemployment , training and hospital waiting lists as well as taking on directors of newly-privatised monopolies .
10	JOAN Bassett has been the conductor of the Hadley Court Singers for over eight years and in that time she has welded this group of 45 singers based at Haddington into a flexible corporate whole motivated at all times by her own perceptive musicianship .
11	He had lived outwith Scotland for only 5 years but during that time he had travelled further by land and had seen a greater number of interesting places than most people do in a lifetime .