Example sentences of "a [det] years since [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a few years since I 'd ridden a bike but it 's like sex , providing you do n't fall off , you soon get back into the swing of it . |
| 2 | It had been a few years since he had served Mass last as an altar-boy in Rosstrevor , and even the new authority of his police sergeant 's stripes did little to compensate for his nervousness at being on the altar again . |
| 3 | She stared at it now , hardly able to believe that it was two and a half years since it had been taken . |
| 4 | It was two and a half years since I had seen them and it gave me a lot of hope just to know that they were still in good shape , although they both looked much older . |
| 5 | It was two and a half years since she 'd seen her godchildren , Emma and Sophie , who 'd last been in England with their parents on a Christmas visit , staying with Sir David and Lady Wyndham . |