Example sentences of "years and [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of their faults , wooden sailing warships were in use for between three and four hundred years and were abandoned by Admiralties with reluctance because they were , in their context , most effective and economical weapons . |
| 2 | It was the first execution in California for 25 years and was conducted amidst an unprecedented degree of legal wrangling and confusion , a context which fuelled the divisive national debate concerning the legitimacy of the death sentence . |
| 3 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 4 | They became one of the factors that contributed to a degree of rural depression that persisted throughout the interwar years and was exacerbated by the deflationary policies pursued by successive governments . |
| 5 | The award was collected on behalf of the company by Chris Elsmore , who created the design at the studios in Elderslie , Chris has worked for the company for four years and was trained in embroidery at Loughborough College of Art and Design . |
| 6 | He became special assistant to Syme for five years and was held in high esteem by his master and mentor . |
| 7 | Also excluded was anyone who received poor relief after 1 January 1908 , although , as a result of a Commons Amendment , this clause was to be reviewed after two years and was removed in 1911 . |
| 8 | ‘ Unfortunately , the ceiling we are working on suffered worm attack over the years and was restored in the 1940s using a wax resin , which turned it brown , and cellulose repairs , which shrank , creating further problems . |
| 9 | The trip had also offered temporary escape from her mother 's pointed reminiscences that when she was Polly 's age she had already been married two years and was preparing for the birth of her first child . |
| 10 | He was a member of the Council of the National Trust for 29 years and was nominated by the Youth Hostels Association . |
| 11 | It has been restored by the National Maritime Museum over the past five years and was reopened in May . |
| 12 | On the Rhinns George Montgomery , distiller and tacksman , who died in 1833 aged 44 years and was buried at Bridgend , made 1392 gallons . |
| 13 | Ridsdale was at Burton for six years and was brought into Alexon to replace Ruth Henderson , who was promoted to chief executive . |
| 14 | By the time of the second inquiry the house had effectively been abandoned for nearly twenty years and was suffering from extensive coal mining subsidence ; and it was likely to suffer still more in the future . |
| 15 | For almost the whole of the period under review , the prevalent and strongly held belief was that Britain , in common with other major economies , had climbed out of the economic slough of the interwar years and was set on a broad and permanent path of rising prosperity and full employment . |
| 16 | The new regime 's most determined opponents eventually emerged as the Mujahedin-e-Khalq , led by Mas'ud Rajavi who established a base in Paris for some years and was reported in 1986 to have made his way to Baghdad . |
| 17 | Of the two doctors it was undoubtedly Dr Dunstaple who had the largest number of adherents ; he had been the civil surgeon in Krishnapur for some years and was known to everyone as a kindly and paternal man . |