Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] two year " in BNC.

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1 Brazauskas succeeded Vytautas Astrauskas , who had resigned unexpectedly after two years in office [ for his appointment see p. 35657 ] .
2 Anyway , they know each other pretty well , having been living together for two years now .
3 Stone free interval — Earlier reports suggested that if gall stones were going to recur , most would do so within two years of stopping bile acid treatment or not at all .
4 I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years !
5 Altogether a total of 23 sites was visited twice or more in at least one year , of which six were visited regularly in two years , and nine in three or more .
6 He has been helped there by two years under the expert tuition of All Black Wayne Shelford .
7 If approved , the building would stay there for two years and then could be moved to another site .
8 He said almost sulkily , ‘ I 've been behaving badly for two years , and you know it , and you do n't even mind . ’
9 The band had been playing together for two years , at school dances , in pubs and as support at a couple of bigger concerts , but they 'd never been written about before .
10 Rejected manuscripts are often re-submitted to different journals , and Abelson 1 , who was editor of Science for 23 years , found that 85% of such papers , rejected by Science , appeared elsewhere within two years .
11 Rejected manuscripts are often re-submitted to different journals , and Abelson , who was editor of Science for 23 years , found that 85% of such papers , rejected by Science , appeared elsewhere within two years .
12 This strategy has worked well for two years , reducing delays suffered by our passengers .
13 But now EMI has been accused of exploiting its workforce — in particular , by deliberately sacking casual staff before they 've worked there for two years , thereby depriving them of statutory redundancy pay and other employment rights .
14 Stephen and he had worked closely for two years now , but there was no question of the men sharing a social relationship , as she and Stephen did with James and Elaine .
15 Stroke risk decreases significantly in two years and is about the same as for nonsmokers after five years [ 8 ] .
16 A former bus driver , illness forced him to give up the DIAL office at Kingsley which he ran successfully for two years .
17 The unit , working within the existing structure of the Archive , consists of a research officer and a data processing assistant and is funded initially for two years .
18 The sales and marketing deal will last initially for two years and could lead to a more formal joint venture .
19 In your case you may be able to say that your spouse has committed adultery and you find it intolerable to live with her ; or that you have lived apart for two years and you consent to the divorce .
20 We stayed together for two years .
21 He then retuned to France , his father insisting that he should reside abroad for two years .
22 When the US army discovered that Silver had been engaged in research work ( on Whitman ) he was put to personally testing the durability of uniforms , in sub-zero and boiling temperatures , artificial rain storms in laboratories and real tropical conditions in Florida : he soon became an assistant director of this project and stayed there for two years .
23 He stayed there for two years until his urge to move on took him to Hong Kong , and then , in 1894 , on a journey on foot and by horse from Shanghai to Rangoon .
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