Example sentences of "the two years [pers pn] had " in BNC.

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1 Regarding the possibility of a London showing of such an important exhibition , she adds , ‘ The two years we had to prepare this were simply insufficient to plan it in two separate locations ; the only possible London location would have been the Royal Academy , and there simply was n't enough money .
2 In well under the two years they had allowed themselves , the appeal had a total of £54 million with a further £30 million promised by the government .
3 In the two years they had been operating , Stephen had taught her never to lose her temper with the guests , however unreasonable , but to try to win them over .
4 But Graham Robertson , McKenzie 's counsel , told the court yesterday that the report emphasised that his client came from a stable background in the west of Scotland and had felt lonely for the two years he had lived in Dunbar .
5 Chief Superintendent McLean says that last summer the resources he allocated to the protection of the Ks were greater than those given to anything , other than really serious crimes such as murder , in the two years he had been in charge of Hounslow division .
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