Example sentences of "it was [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was many years later that my foreboding dream came true . |
| 2 | The story of the lift does not end here , for it was many years before it was finally cut up and sold for scrap . |
| 3 | It was many years since Selwyn 's wife had persuaded him that it was not good manners to pick his teeth in company , but his lips still made the motions of mouthing a toothpick . |
| 4 | Labels were shifted about , the Higher School Certificate became the General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level , but it was many years before new pressures distorted the ancient simplicities . |
| 5 | It was many years before the collection agencies and the record companies trusted each other . |
| 6 | Some readers may remember attending the building when it was St Mary 's Junior School , indeed many nostalgic , even misty-eyed visits are made to the building by people who remember the school as it was many years ago . |
| 7 | These five cars received the least modifications of any of the South Metropolitan fleet and in fact it was many years before they were even repainted , running in deep chocolate and ivory , with only the fleet numbers and badges altered . |
| 8 | Crocheted antimacassars graced the backs of all the chairs although it was many years since a gentleman with pomade on his hair had sat in one of them . |
| 9 | It was many years since the Deputy Under Secretary had taken such a holiday ; his previous inclination would have been — towards fishing the west country salmon rivers or stalking the Scottish moors . |
| 10 | It was many years since the assassin 's eyes had taken the pleasure they did now , seeing him . |
| 11 | So it was many years later , in 1930 , that a writer of light-hearted detective stories called Anthony Berkeley proclaimed that the art should change from puzzles about time , place and opportunity into puzzles about motive and character , and produced a book , The Second Shot , written from the murderer 's point of view . |
| 12 | The Cages had fallen silent as Minch told her story , for it was many years since she had recounted it and then only briefly . |
| 13 | It was many years since he 'd had anything in common with his foster family and she would have expected him to use his sojourn in America as a tactful method of ending the association , of breaking ties that could have no conceivable advantage for him . |
| 14 | Though Bede considered Oswald 's brother and successor , Oswiu , to have been the sixth of the overlords of the Anglo-Saxons ( HE 11 , 5 ) , it is clear that it was many years before Oswiu could securely establish himself as king even over all the northern Angles let alone as overlord of his southern neighbours and that this latter position was very short-lived . |
| 15 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 16 | It was some years before I went that way again , and something had happened . |
| 17 | A dense fog descended on the field and I found myself isolated at left-half marking the right winger — yes , it was some years ago ! |
| 18 | It was some years since this had been preoccupied with anything but work , which had taken the place of his former bodily urgings , fulfilling him completely . |
| 19 | ‘ It was some years back . ’ |
| 20 | It was some years before they were replaced and the legend on the present bridge at the airport tells the story ; Built 1885 . |
| 21 | It was some years before I actually tried to ride it , and that was all because of the kindness of Martin from Sunderland . |
| 22 | It was some years since I had seen his signature . |
| 23 | Well , that 's probably right erm I can just about remember it and you know as a child , and it did n't really sink in , it was some years afterwards before it actually sank in exactly what had been going on |
| 24 | no it was some years before she re-married again |
| 25 | It was more years than she cared to remember since she had last seen a man stare at her in frank admiration . |
| 26 | Mrs Gracie still called Nathan Holland the young gentleman , although it was several years now since he had become practically an inmate of the house . |
| 27 | It was several years , however , before social anthropology was to emerge as a distinct discipline , separate from other branches of anthropology , and to receive that accolade to which all subjects aspire — a secure place on university curricula . |
| 28 | The railway grapevine was not the sophisticated piece of equipment we know today , and it was several years before I discovered the reason for these ‘ apparitions ’ . |
| 29 | Finally losing the contract to supply gunpowder in 1636 , Evelyn petitioned for compensation for losses , but it was several years before he was cleared of all responsibility for the failure to maintain supplies . |
| 30 | " That 's his business , and it was several years ago , anyway . |