Example sentences of "years [adv] [coord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Belling 's ‘ Dreiklang ’ , the first German abstract sculpture , derided by the Nazis , can be seen next to his portrait of the boxer Max Schmeling , made ten years later and included in the official ‘ Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung ’ . |
| 2 | Control Techniques was founded 20 years ago and floated on the Stock Market in 1985 , when the annual turnover was £6.8m . |
| 3 | There should have been a large timber column but this had been removed for some reason many years ago and led to the roof sagging some 4 ’ . |
| 4 | Gossage 's images of Berlin at night , and as a block city , are reminiscent of photographs taken 50 years ago and resonate with a sense of Berlin 's history . |
| 5 | But a spokesman said that all the claims the family are making had been aired at the mens trial two years ago and rejected by the jury . |
| 6 | It was found amongst the names of herbs used by Egyptian doctors 5,000 years ago and remains of the plant have been found in the ruins of Roman buildings in Britain . |
| 7 | My correspondent 's earliest and most vivid recollection of a haunted railway line dates from childhood memories of some sixty years ago and refers to the short length of line between Goldmire Junction and Millwood Junction on the old Furness Railway in the area of Dalton-in-Furness . |
| 8 | She became interested in Medau just over ten years ago and qualified as a Medau teachers in 1979 . |
| 9 | The Carnaud Metal Box plant in Wennington Road on the edge of the town was built only six years ago and stands in a landscaped site of some four acres . |
| 10 | I had to leave Low Birk Hatt two years ago and move into the village , five miles away . |
| 11 | Remember how he fought back from TWO broken legs two years ago and jumped off the bench to score twice against Manchester United in the FA Cup final ? |
| 12 | Her mother married housing manager John Moluf four years ago and moved to a big house in neighbouring Malta . |
| 13 | ‘ Phoenixa ’ is EMI 's culling from the old Pye Nixa catalogue , which it acquired a few years ago and launched with a contribution from each record sold to the environmental music charity ‘ Music for the World ’ . |