Example sentences of "years [coord] [be] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other , on the face of it , gives less cause for revelling , since it takes us back a mere 70 years and is effectively an anniversary of an anniversary . |
| 2 | The harbour town of Watchet has a history going back over a thousand years and is still an active trading port . |
| 3 | A marked change in status has occurred in recent years and is now a regular winter visitor , although as recently as 1953 it was rarer than Whooper Swan . |
| 4 | The Old Mill , at the west end of the village , was still operative until the early years of the Second World War , and the New Mill at the east end , which lost its sails in a gale so severe that parts of them were found in the next village , has been restored in recent years and is now a very attractive dwelling . |
| 5 | He has been a member of the Royal Dorset Yacht Club for the past twenty three years and is now an honorary life member . |