Example sentences of "first time in over [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time in over sixteen years , Elaine showed some signs of interest in him ! |
| 2 | And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years . |
| 3 | ON THURSDAY May 14 , GWR 4-4-0 No 3440 ‘ City of Truro ’ returned to her ‘ home town ’ , or rather ‘ home city ’ , for the first time in over thirty years . |
| 4 | Once more , for the first time in over 45 years , Dan Knight was back in England , back in the pilot 's seat of a B–17 that bore the name Mary Alice in the familiar yellow letters edged in red on the nose . |
| 5 | BRITAIN 'S unemployment soared above 2.6 million for the first time in over four years yesterday after a bigger than expected surge in the number of people out of work . |
| 6 | Worthy of note was the fact that for the first time in over 20 years we had a pensioner member playing in the event and whilst he does not want his name or score noted . |
| 7 | All the rugby roads lead to Twickenham this weekend … where England are playing South Africa for the first time in over 20 years … |
| 8 | Demolition trains became a regular sight on Sundays during 1987 however , and for the first time in over 30 years it was possible to photograph trains without the hindrance of electric stanchions . |
| 9 | After the attempt various constitutional clauses were suspended and press and television censorship was imposed for the first time in over 30 years to exclude media coverage of coup leader Chávez Frías . |
| 10 | For the first time in over forty years someone had humbled him on the board he considered his own . |