31.   The sum needed to cover the gap would gradually Decrease each year as proceeds from parental trust funds phase into the system.

32.   The unfinished building stood for several years as a mute witness to their sad state.

33.   Three years as a legislative liaison, six years in the state senate, four tedious years as lieutenant governor.

34.   Washington could get a lift in employment this year as Boeing increases production to meet worldwide demand for airplanes.

35.   Marshall said his interest in electronics sprang from his teenage years as a radio operator in Pasedena.

36.   Sheila enjoyed her years as a student in Oxford.

37.   Thus it came about that, after many years as an interior designer and antiques dealer, he combined both businesses.

38.   He sees his college years as an opportunity for personal growth.

39.   As someone who had lived in Paris for a year as an exchange student, she seemed very much the cosmopolitan to her old classmates.

40.   I worked for several years as a gofer and general dogsbody for a London publishing house..