Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] two years " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend 's second criticism of the way in which the scheme has worked is that the £24 million budget which was set aside for the two financial years — and I emphasise two years — 1989-91 was underspent . |
| 2 | And you did two years as an apprentice then another would come in and you dropped the bib and got a black apron . |
| 3 | And we had two years with no pay rise . |
| 4 | At the age of fourteen he was sent as a private pupil to the Revd Alfred North , who ran a small school for dissenters in Oundle , and he spent two years pursuing classical studies there . |
| 5 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |