Example sentences of "[num] year [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | will go straight out the window and they wo n't bother with us , a very short time it 's taken five I mean six years to build up the credibility |
| 2 | Public pressure on the Canadian and Quebec governments has resulted in the pledge of more than 2.4 billion dollars over the next 10 years to clean up the St Lawrence and create a marine sanctuary for the remaining belugas . |
| 3 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
| 4 | It took Mel Fisher , an American obsessed with finding gold , 17 years to track down the wreck of the Atocha ; in the process , his son and daughter-in-law drowned . |
| 5 | She estimated it would take her 11 years to pay off the debt . |
| 6 | What is interesting , however , is that it has taken over ten years to bring about the changes Leonard anticipated . |
| 7 | Its two solar rings will give it power for fifteen years to send back the closest and clearest pictures of the universe ever seen . |
| 8 | It took another fifteen years to wipe out the debt completely . |
| 9 | He says that it 's taken twenty years to build up the business , but they 'll just have to start all over again . |