Example sentences of "year [coord] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first defendant had known the deceased for some seven years and said in evidence that for the 3 or 3½ years before the deceased 's death he had been looking after the deceased . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I took my first holiday for seven years and went to Egypt . |
| 3 | Mary , Queen of Scots returned to Scotland after an absence of thirteen years and landed at Leith on 19th August . |
| 4 | Robert II reigned for 19 years and died in Dundonald Castle on 13th May , 1390 . |
| 5 | The visit was the first by a Pakistani Prime Minister for 15 years and coincided with Pakistan 's official re-entry into the Commonwealth ( see p. 36963 ) . |
| 6 | Lance Corporal Manning married his wife Elaine three years and moved to Tetbury . |
| 7 | He was crowned European indoor champion in Genoa early in the year and went to Barcelona believing he could reach the 100 metres final and challenge for a medal . |
| 8 | I left after a year and went to Cambridge in order to read Philosophy and Art History , which was my first degree . |
| 9 | I left Henry Compton after my fifth year and went to Wandsworth Technical College to study electronics ( which was the ‘ in ’ thing in those days ) , as I was interested in amplifying and building electrical equipment . |
| 10 | What we hope to be able to do is to complete the requirement the staff target this year and set in train some industrial studies to see what the various options are and then once we enter the production investment phase then that would be the time that we would er look to doing the development work . |
| 11 | Jane , daughter of film legend Henry Fonda , left Hollywood last year and moved to Turner 's buffalo ranch in Montana . |
| 12 | Marci came with Kristian from Australia when he quit his part as Todd Landers in the hit soap earlier this year and headed for Britain . |