Example sentences of "time [prep] nearly [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was thought to be the first time for nearly 70 years that police had fired on a white crowd in South Africa . |
| 2 | In a further sign of improving links with black Africa , it was announced that during the weekend of de Klerk 's visit to Kenya , South African Airways flights were routed over west Africa for the first time for nearly 30 years , the government having secured overflight rights with Morocco , Mauritania , Mali and Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 3 | For the first time in nearly four years , gross domestic product ( GDP ) fell in the last quarter of 1990 . |
| 4 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
| 5 | For the first time in nearly three years someone spoke my name . |
| 6 | Today , South Africa play rugby in England for the first time in nearly 23 years when a line-up containing five current internationals faces the Midlands at Leicester 's Welford Road . |
| 7 | For the first time in nearly 40 years Bentley has a shape to call its own . |
| 8 | One January 20 , he promises the front door of the White House will swing open for the first time in nearly 30 years , as Bill , wife Hilary and 12-year-old daughter Chelsea pop down to McDonald 's and do a little shopping . |
| 9 | One of Edinburgh 's most unusual houses has opened to the public , for the first time in nearly twenty years . |