Example sentences of "years ['s] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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31 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
32 | After Franco 's death and after 38 years ' absence he returned to Spain in 1977 , at the invitation of Suárez , and was in 1978 appointed president of the Catalonian regional government . |
33 | Milton Keynes is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England , and Roger Mason 's motivation in coming to us was never quite clear to me ( perhaps it was n't to him either , for although after four intensive years ' research he produced a many-hundred page ‘ draft ’ of his thesis , far in excess of what might be required , he finally failed to submit it for examination ) . |
34 | In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘ |