Example sentences of "but [prep] [num] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for two years I was afraid . |
| 2 | But for six years I carried his image in my mind , determined that he should somehow be made to pay . |
| 3 | My mother hoped to have a daughter after I was born , but for five years I was the only child . |
| 4 | She was the British critics ' favourite on both the Bolshoi 's tours here , but for 20 years she played second fiddle to Grigorovich 's wife , Bessmertnova . |
| 5 | ‘ When the war ended he returned to live in Italy and marry his girlfriend , but after twelve years he deserted his wife and daughter and went back to England . ’ |
| 6 | But after 30 years we are getting used to the idea that we might finish our lives together . ’ |
| 7 | Some small captives become pets but within five years they are potentially dangerous and have to be put behind bars . |
| 8 | Some people might go for your head to begin with but within five years you 'll find that you are the most popular person around . |
| 9 | The CBOE began with option contracts on only 16 blue chip shares , but within 10 years it and 3 other exchanges offered about 9500 different option contracts on 350 securities ( out of a total of about 6,000 US listed stocks ) . |