Example sentences of "five years [adv] [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | People have been diagnosed with cancer etcetera , erm , in fact at the convention yesterday , they had some clients on the stage , one lady had been diagnosed with breast cancer , she got a pay-out from living assurance , five years later she 's been cleared , and , and she 's thrilled to bits about it . |
| 2 | Five years later it had been reduced to £212,000 . |
| 3 | Recalling what he knew of the ardours and achievements of Freeborn 's forty odd years in the Forensic Science Service , the difficult war years , the delayed retirement , the last five years when he had exchanged his directorship for the frustrations of bureaucracy , Dalgliesh said : |
| 4 | But five years ago you had a good job , prospects , a nice house , money in the bank . |
| 5 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |
| 6 | But since his arrival at the theatre five years ago he has worked with the artistic director , Roger Redfarn , to make full use of his evident skills in business management . |
| 7 | Five years ago I had it at my fingertips . |
| 8 | When he was jilted after five years together it had a devastating effect . |
| 9 | Ironically , five years earlier he had been asked by Eric Varley , the Labour Government 's Energy Secretary , to serve on the committee for overseeing the nationalisation of the company . |
| 10 | Five years earlier he had been fined £100 by magistrates at Uxbridge for trying to smuggle cannabis and LSD through customs at Heathrow Airport . |