Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years [conj] [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Andrew has worked at the factory for six years and is employed as a yarn storeman .
2 Next on the ladder is an offence which carries a maximum of 14 years and is perpetrated where the defendant , in committing a sexual assault , carries , uses or threatens to use a real or imitation weapon or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the complainant or is a party to the offence with any other person .
3 The allowance is paid for 4 years and is based upon bus fares .
4 Maria Elena Aparicio was sentenced to seven years and is believed to be held in a women 's prison in Havana .
5 Ian has worked with Douglas Reyburn for two years and is employed as a service operator in the Twisting & Reeling Departments .
6 He went on to become leading trainer in Madras for eighteen years and is set to retire to his property in Cheshire , which is fenced by the running rail from Castle Irwell , Manchester 's racecourse .
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