Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] year [adv] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ca n't go round sacking our leaders every couple of years just because the voters do n't like them , can we ? |
| 2 | It became redundant a couple of years ago when the Chipmunk glider tug it was providing spares for was replaced by a Piper Pawnee . |
| 3 | We managed perfectly alright a couple of years ago when the buses did n't come up here , we could manage now . ’ |
| 4 | although it will be a couple of years yet before the pre-loss level of dividend can be resumed . |
| 5 | They prefer them mainly because they face regulations that reward stable growth in returns from year to year rather than the more volatile — but , in the long-run , almost certainly higher — returns they would earn by holding more equities . |