Example sentences of "after [adv] [adj] year [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 A strange phenomenon of bamboo is that , dependent on which variety , after so many years it flowers and then dies .
2 It might n't seem like a happy arrangement but after so many years it 's become one .
3 After so many years I kept up this contact , especially with one or two who were real friends .
4 After only three years we are now caring for one in four of those dying with AIDS in the UK .
5 After nearly 30 years it is the station 's biggest single money-spinner , accounting for the lion 's share of its sales to the ITV network .
6 After about two years she met a man whom she loved and agreed to marry although worried that her daughter had stayed very withdrawn from him .
7 After about 30 years they would support ling and heather , then gorse would become established .
8 Now , after almost fifty years we look back and the rich variety of our doings in the years between fulfills the concept of university as a preparation for life rather than training for a specific walk of life .
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