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

Two Years in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: years
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 43
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 35.3 words

Words in this phrase

years

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • years can mean: plural of year. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

a proposal two years to put 1× assault and two years each for 1× became official two years ago in 1× committed to two years of study 1× corrections and two years on probation 1× designated survivor two years of touch 1× eric berendt two years 1× firearm and two years for the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

adrian searle the 1× after speaking for 1× brittany chambers now 1× but six years 1× for the grade 1× he added it 1×

Common sentence endings:

for five years 2× bachelor s degree 1× berendt two years 1× capitals decision makers 1× cocaine and cocaine 1× down in 2021 1×

Context words

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

ago 7× four 5× five 5× year 4× sentence 4× final 4× sentenced 4× suspended 4× six 4× now 3× percent 3× increase 3×

Related phrases

years ago two weeks two daughters two goals two touchdowns two seasons two sides five years rating two two assists

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around years:

five years 20× four years 20× years old 20×

Just before it in the phrase index:

two wins two weeks two walks two versions two types two tries

Just after it in the phrase index:

two zones tycoon jimmy tyler herro tyler huntley tyler perry type diabetes

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

two weeks two daughters two goals two touchdowns two seasons two sides

Same ending:

five years consecutive years four years recent years few years twenty years

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "two years" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 35.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a proposal two years to put, assault and two years each for, ago, four and five stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with years ago, two weeks, two daughters, five years, four years and years old, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with two years

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

Short example sentences

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

Brittany Chambers, now 25, would serve two years in prison, two years in Lake County Community Corrections and two years on probation. (22 words)

For the Grade 12s, this was their final action: Davin Norgard (four years), Coltan Archer (three years), Jaidyn Byron (three years) and Eric Berendt (two years). (26 words)

Longer example sentences

She said the alders simply approved a “status quo amount” this year, after giving the schools extra city funds for several years, through a 13 percent increase two years ago, a 5 percent increase three years ago and a 9 percent increase four years ago. (45 words)

He lamented that the EU had not admitted a new member in ten years, that the bloc had not closed a single accession chapter with any of the candidate countries in six years, and that a new chapter was last opened two years ago. (44 words)

However, his first two years in Washington were a steady decline from his previous line of success, and the later three years of his contract coming after he turned 34 years old did not instill a lot of confidence in the Capitals’ decision-makers. (44 words)

Example sentences (20)

Brittany Chambers, now 25, would serve two years in prison, two years in Lake County Community Corrections and two years on probation.

Mills was jailed for 14 years for rape, four years each for two counts of indecent assault, and two years each for two more counts of indecent assault, all to run concurrent to his previous eight-year sentence handed down in 2021.

Successful applicants committed to two years of study, followed by two years of flight training and one year of service in the U.S. Navy as an aviator, then completion of the final two years of their bachelor's degree.

For the Grade 12s, this was their final action: Davin Norgard (four years), Coltan Archer (three years), Jaidyn Byron (three years) and Eric Berendt (two years).

She said the alders simply approved a “status quo amount” this year, after giving the schools extra city funds for several years, through a 13 percent increase two years ago, a 5 percent increase three years ago and a 9 percent increase four years ago.

Timothy van Staden, 22, a suspected member of the New Kids gang, was sentenced to 15 years for murder, 10 years for attempted murder, eight years for illegal possession of a firearm and two years for the illegal possession of ammunition.

Nicholls was jailed for four years and Woodward, of Grand Avenue, Ely, Cardiff was locked up for two years but the sentence was suspended for two years.

The shorter gap between installments, going from six years between the first two movies to two years for the latter two, is also a good sign for ’s active development.

Nicole Locke, of Pergwm Street, Trealaw, Tonypandy, was sentenced to two years and two months imprisonment suspended for two years, for conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and cocaine.

He added: “It is hard to believe that it’s taken the Prime Minister two years to put together a proposal, two years to put together a proposal and two days for her Cabinet to fall apart.

He spent two years in Martinique and in addition to his writings for the magazine, produced two books: Two Years in the French West Indies and Youma, The Story of a West-Indian Slave, both published in 1890.

Adrian Searle, the director of the National Economic Crime Centre, said while the maximum sentence for fraud is currently 10 years, the average sentence is around two years and even in the most serious cases is still only four years.

After speaking for three years ‘as friends’ the couple became official two years ago in 2021 – but it was only this February that Demi flew out to meet Bayram in Turkey for the first time since meeting him five years ago.

He lamented that the EU had not admitted a new member in ten years, that the bloc had not closed a single accession chapter with any of the candidate countries in six years, and that a new chapter was last opened two years ago.

It’s so weird now because I did ten years on 24, and I did three years of Designated Survivor, two years of Touch, and those were all network-based shows — at least Designated Survivor ’til the final year, then it was Netflix.

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

However, his first two years in Washington were a steady decline from his previous line of success, and the later three years of his contract coming after he turned 34 years old did not instill a lot of confidence in the Capitals’ decision-makers.

Ms McDowell’s stalker, Igor Lewandowski, from Monasteravin in Co Kildare, and formerly of Dunaras, Bishop O'Donnell Road, Galway, was sentenced in May 2020 to seven years in prison, with the final two years suspended for five years.

They will have done five or six years at medical school, two years as a foundation (junior) doctor and a further three years in GP specialist training.

But six years ago, I was raped “on the job”, and it has led to years of chaotic mental upheaval that I’m just now painfully reckoning with, two years shy of my 30s.