Example sentences of "[prep] the [num] years they have " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my former patients , whose ex-husband had spent their entire marriage telling her that she was ‘ stupid ’ or ‘ brainless ’ , told me that , although she knew perfectly well that this was not true , by the time she had heard it said every day for the twelve years they had been together she had begun to believe that there must be something in it . |
| 2 | During the 18 years they had lived in Sion House in Tunbridge Wells they had grown accustomed to its neo-classical spaciousness , but since two of their four children had married and left home it made sense to move to somewhere smaller . |
| 3 | The Japanese community who live on the reef have been awarded the Peter Scott Merit Award in recognition of the 11 years they have spent fighting the development . |
| 4 | So you 're not bothered if at the end of the two years they have n't even |
| 5 | Abie Klugman had long grown used to the taunt — it was Aronson 's stock joke for all of the ten years they had been lodging with Mrs Neumann , and he no longer minded it . |
| 6 | These little shrubs are also known as ‘ hedgehog ’ hollies , and probably have been for all of the 300 years they have been grown in gardens . |
| 7 | In well under the two years they had allowed themselves , the appeal had a total of £54 million with a further £30 million promised by the government . |
| 8 | In the four years they had been separated , she had seen her husband only twice , and both times had been quite by chance . |
| 9 | In the 16 years they have lived here , the kitchen has had three transformations , all carried out by John . |
| 10 | Above : The Saunders ' kitchen has had three different looks in the 16 years they have lived here , each created by John , an architectural interior engineer . |
| 11 | In the two years they 've been married they have only had one day together . |
| 12 | In the two years they had been operating , Stephen had taught her never to lose her temper with the guests , however unreasonable , but to try to win them over . |
| 13 | In the twenty years they 've been here , they 've clearly thrived . |