Below you will find example sentences with "five years". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Five Years in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: years
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 37
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.7 words

Words in this phrase

five years

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • five can mean: A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. Common word
  • years can mean: plural of year. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

elementary education five years of primary 1× equipment for five years and capital 1× exemption for five years 1× five years five years 1× five years five years of staying 1× five years of anticipation 1× fullerton and five years of west 1× in china five years in germany 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ad was jailed 1× five years five 1× five years of 1× for current and 1× for instance in 1× guy was sentenced 1×

Common sentence endings:

for five years 2× days already served 1× decriminalisation of drugs 1× five years ago 1× five years younger 1× france four years 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

four 4× year 4× sentenced 3× next 3× two 2× study 2× course 2× fifth 2× support 2× end 2× release 2× exemption 2×

Related phrases

years ago two years consecutive years four years rating five recent years few years years old five counts five assists

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around years:

two years 20× four years 20× years old 20×

Just before it in the phrase index:

five touchdowns five times five thousand five straight five stars five seats

Just after it in the phrase index:

fixed income fixed rate flash flooding flash floods flash gordon flash player

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

five counts five assists five nights five days five times five hundred

Same ending:

two years consecutive years four years recent years few years twenty years

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "five years" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as elementary education five years of primary, equipment for five years and capital, four, year and sentenced stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with years ago, two years, consecutive years, two years, four years and years old, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with five years

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Five years, five years of staying committed to this man. (10 words)

The court sentenced Nkali to five years imprisonment two years of which is suspended for five years. (17 words)

Guy was sentenced Monday to five years and five months in prison, with credit for five days already served. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

In the first five years after the liberalisation, the use of illegal drugs rose slightly among the general population but then fell in the next five years, according to Transform, a group which studies and campaigns for the decriminalisation of drugs. (41 words)

The actress in an exclusive interview said she had lupus, an incurable condition for which a doctor said she had five more years to live and had lived one of the five years the doctor told her about. (38 words)

When the study, Changes in Spousal Relationships over the Marital Life Course, started a fifth had been married for less than five years, a fifth for more than 15 years and most from five to ten years. (37 words)

Question examples

Five years of anticipation on my son’s side, and five years of saying “Sure, I’ll participate” because, hey, why worry about a game when it’s five long years away? (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

For instance, in the United States, the tenure is four years; in the UK, it’s three to four years; in China, five years; in Germany, three to five years; and in France, four years.

Five years of anticipation on my son’s side, and five years of saying “Sure, I’ll participate” because, hey, why worry about a game when it’s five long years away?

The court sentenced Nkali to five years imprisonment two years of which is suspended for five years.

The trio were all sentenced to 10 years for housebreaking with intent to rob, five years for kidnapping, and five years for fraud.

When the study, Changes in Spousal Relationships over the Marital Life Course, started a fifth had been married for less than five years, a fifth for more than 15 years and most from five to ten years.

For current and future versions of Office, mainstream support will end five years after release, or two years after the next release, (whichever time is later), and extended support will end five years after that.

Law 80 provides 100% exemption from income tax and real estate taxes for 15 years, duty-free imports for construction materials and equipment for five years, and capital gains tax exemption for five years.

Guy was sentenced Monday to five years and five months in prison, with credit for five days already served.

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Not all shame is positive, of course, but sometimes, shame is a sign that we're a better person than we were five minutes, five months or five years ago.

With a marriage spanning 37 years and a total of 42 years together, including five years of dating prior to marriage, Silva recognized the initial struggles they faced in their early years.

In India, for example, compulsory education spans over twelve years, with eight years of elementary education, five years of primary schooling and three years of upper primary schooling.

Five years, five years of staying committed to this man.

However, both these “cheaper” names have performed poorly over the past five years, with both dropping by around 40% over the past five years.

In five years of MPP Fullerton and five years of West Carleton Online, there was a lot of in-person contact.

In the first five years after the liberalisation, the use of illegal drugs rose slightly among the general population but then fell in the next five years, according to Transform, a group which studies and campaigns for the decriminalisation of drugs.

The actress in an exclusive interview said she had lupus, an incurable condition for which a doctor said she had five more years to live and had lived one of the five years the doctor told her about.

The lady executive noted though that while the computing world was different five years ago, it will again undergo radical transformation in the next five years.

The Pik-Up S11 is covered by a five-year, 150,000 kilometre warranty with four years of capped-price servicing and five years of roadside assistance.

AD was jailed for eight years, with a five-year non-parole period while Diallo received a seven-year and six-month term, with five years non-parole.

One 2021 study suggests nearly half of the 38-year-old participants were up to five years older in biological age than their actual age, while the other half were as many as five years younger.

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