Example sentences of "years and [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of that initial group of students and myself already had known each other for several years and knew each other 's families . |
| 2 | The eight million square feet in the World Financial Centre went up in four years and defied all predictions . |
| 3 | The Daily Mail sold well over 200,000 copies daily in its first years and reached half-a-million sales after three years . |
| 4 | The truth of the matter was expressed by the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills ( Mr. Shepherd ) , who has spoken so well on such questions in recent years and protested each time the Government resorted to fresh guillotine motions . |
| 5 | She had been married for 19 years and had four children ( aged between 12 and 17 years ) . |
| 6 | When A had lived x years he became the father of B. He lived after the birth of B y years and had other sons and daughters . |
| 7 | Theory 3 — That the West had been too lax in the post-war years and had blind faith in the hope that the unity achieved after the first World War would be re-kindled . |
| 8 | Torrel James , 28 , a policeman in Port-of-Spain and a former Trinidad & Tobago Youth representative opening bowler , has been jailed for 15 years and received 20 lashes with the birch after being found guilty of the attempted murder of his girlfriend and her father in 1989 . |
| 9 | This will replace the complex three-tier system which has been in use in recent years and involved graded brackets ranging from 12.5% on sales up to FFr15,000 down to 2.4% on those over FFr300,000 . |
| 10 | Mildred Blandy , mother of the present owner , lovingly supervised the gardens for many years and introduced many plants , many of them ( such as Proteas ) from South Africa . |
| 11 | At present the statement must be given no later than 13 weeks after employment commences , but part-time workers who work less than 16 hours a week need not be given a statement until they have been employed for five years and worked eight hours or more a week . |
| 12 | Squadron Leader David Bolsover has flown Buccaneers for 7 years and flew 15 bombing missions in tandem with Tornados during the war . |
| 13 | Eddie was associated with the Donegall club for more than 50 years and did tremendous work over the years at developing young talent . |
| 14 | The Liberal Democrats have considered the seat as winnable for several years and won overall control of the city council last year with 45 per cent of the vote compared to 36 per cent for the Conservatives . |
| 15 | ‘ We have already cut £6.5m in the last two years and lost 80 jobs last year , ’ said Coun Carr . |
| 16 | I 've sat on the district management board of Health Authority for four years and watched Labour Councillors coming sometimes , often not coming at all , sitting there saying nothing , debating very little in the way of useful contributions until , I have to say , Councillor came along and er a er , sorry to get you unpopular with the rest of your colleagues |