Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could lose yourself here , I thought , fall asleep for a hundred years . |
| 2 | This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over . |
| 3 | Earlier induction of labour would obviously be preferable for a 40 year old primigravid woman with a long history of infertility , even after an uncomplicated pregnancy , whereas it may be inappropriate for a 25 year old multiparous woman . |
| 4 | Surrounded by admiring fans , the young author put pen to paper with an already practiced style , pretty slick for a 10 year old — especially considering he wrote his book when he was 7 . |
| 5 | big sand stone rocks , they find things that fish today er had , had got other pediments that million years back , same thing , but not , not , not the same as they are today , you know , well they must of got hold of it to be different from a million years ago |
| 6 | He has Dennis Barron , ex Banco Exterior and Bank of New York , London as his Trading Manager while David Lamb , fresh from a two year spell on the spot desk in London , joined the team in January . |
| 7 | Your RR already has a US V8 engine , a Buick As you are only allowed to increase the power by 20% this can easily be achieved by changing the camshaft , carburettors ( for a four barrelled Holley and Offenhouser manifold as fuel costs are not a problem ! ) and fitting tubular extractor manifolds to the exhaust Large power increases are not sensible on a seventeen year old vehicle without major overhaul , steering , suspension etc |
| 8 | Well when she 's level Clare means she 's well ahead of herself and now she 's got , you could give her books that were appropriate for a ten year old and she could read them |
| 9 | That was my job so therefore my hands had to be constantly clean and that 's not easy for a seventeen year old to keep his hands clean all the time but I had to . |
| 10 | On completion of the modernisation , the lifts were subject to a one year Defects Liability ( Guarantee ) and free service period , and subsequently have become subject to a new comprehensive Maintenance Contract . |
| 11 | The House considers that the proposed $1.1 billion settlement — payable over a 10 year period — is inadequate . |
| 12 | Earlier induction of labour would obviously be preferable for a 40 year old primigravid woman with a long history of infertility , even after an uncomplicated pregnancy , whereas it may be inappropriate for a 25 year old multiparous woman . |
| 13 | Moorlands , mountains and hills crowded round on every side ; seas shimmered azure , emerald , green and blue in August sunlight ; the scent of peat smoke filled the air and we drove through a landscape that had remained almost unchanged for a thousand years . |
| 14 | In an unusual move a bookseller is preparing to give away his shop , complete with a five year lease and £15,000 worth of stock at retail , because he has been unable to find a buyer for it . |
| 15 | I know about the AOL and the AOL is good for a hundred years ! ’ |
| 16 | He is married with a 5 year old child . |
| 17 | The SDP were likely to be a far greater danger to us , as disgruntled ex-Conservative voters who would never have voted Labour in a million years turned to a cosy middle party . |
| 18 | She was n't looking forward to it , which is a little surprising for a 16 year old who , just 3 years ago , combined all the elements of her talent to produce the compound which exploded her on to the junior tennis scene ! |
| 19 | For example if you went into a bicycle shop and said can you sell me a bike suitable for a seven year old child ? |
| 20 | If it had steeled itself to cross this threshold ( as Yemen bravely did a month ago ) , Egypt might today be afflicted by nothing worse than a bad case of anti-incumbency — hardly surprising after a dozen years with the same tired face at the top . |
| 21 | A sixth train is currently being constructed to produce the LNG required for a contract signed in October 1990 for the sale of 2,020 trillion BTUs over a 20 year period commencing in 1994 . |
| 22 | He claims to have been paddling for 26 years , not bad for a 32 year old . |
| 23 | There is evidence that , in living species too , ‘ fossil genes ’ occasionally come into their own again , and are re-used after lying dormant for a million years or so . |
| 24 | It does n't matter if you live as a Christian for a hundred years , if you live the most sacrificial life , if you live a life of prayer and fasting , if you lead thousands of people to the Lord , if you are the epitome of Christian piety , you still do n't deserve anything ! |