Example sentences of "to [noun] [prep] ten years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a surprise to Loxford for ten years , previously accustomed , as rural communities are , to modesty and neatness in the pastoral dwelling-house . |
| 2 | He came to England aged ten years old and at seventeen was taking his higher school certificate in physics and hoping to study medicine as a Major scholar at King 's College . |
| 3 | Mr Lee , who came to Orkney after ten years working in Scotland , in both Highland and Grampian Regions , was reluctant to talk to the media . |
| 4 | The rate of return on this investment would be the one-year rolling yield for a term to maturity of ten years . |
| 5 | Earlier yesterday , in the first visit by a US secretary of state to Beirut in ten years , he had 75 minutes of talks with Lebanon 's president , Elias Hrawi , prime minister , Rafik al-Hariri , and foreign minister , Fares Bouez . |
| 6 | ‘ Sexual Assaults ( 1 ) ( Simple ) Sexual Assault 246. 1(1) Every one who commits a sexual assault is guilty of ( a ) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for ten years ; or ( b ) an offence punishable on summary conviction . |
| 7 | At Oxford Crown court today Langton was sent to prison for ten years … |