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

Years Covering in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 10
  • Discovered as a combination around: covering
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.4 words

Words in this phrase

years covering

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • years can mean: plural of year. Very common word
  • covering can mean: present participle and gerund of cover Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

after five years covering the local 1× and three years covering west metro 1× for 20 years covering government at 1× for 75 years covering most of 1× government four years covering west metro 1× has spent years covering the royal 1× in three years covering the hockey 1× my 20 years covering the sport 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after five years 1× don t get 1× former foster s 1× my years covering 1× she previously spent 1× the previous commissioner 1×

Common sentence endings:

and home decorating 1× and local level 1× difficult have foundation 1× for the company 1× k 12 education 1× national baseball writer 1×

Context words

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

spent 3× government 3× company 3× west 2× metro 2× cricket 2× writer 2× royal 2× previously 1× two 1× hennepin 1× county 1×

Related phrases

years ago two years five years consecutive years four years recent years few years years old twenty years teenage years

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around covering:

covering sieves 4×

Just before it in the phrase index:

years ago year treasury year eve year earlier year despite year count

Just after it in the phrase index:

years old years older years prior yellow card yellow fever yellow jackets

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

years ago years old years older years prior

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "years covering" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after five years covering the local, and three years covering west metro, spent, government and company stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with years ago, two years, five years and covering sieves, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with years covering

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

Short example sentences

My years covering the UFC coincided with Toronto's time as a high-priority market for the company. (18 words)

After five years covering the local arts for Blue Ridge Public Radio, is leaving his position with the station. (19 words)

Before that, he spent 11 years covering the Giants and A's and working as a national baseball writer. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Former Foster’s boss Trevor O’Hoy served for three years on the Cricket Australia board but in my 20 years covering the sport I have come across few others of Chinese extraction, be it in playing ranks, administration, the media or cricket staffers. (44 words)

The previous Commissioner then granted the company various Fixed Term Estates for 75 years covering most of those same hundreds of hectares in Noro, free from payment of any premium or land rent, and some of which the company quickly sold for profit. (43 words)

Yahoo UK's The Royal Box, the author, journalist and broadcaster - who has spent years covering the royal family - believes allegations of the Duchess of Sussex, 37, being "difficult" have foundation. (31 words)

Example sentences (10)

She previously spent two years covering Hennepin County government, four years covering west metro suburban government and three years covering west metro K-12 education.

Former Foster’s boss Trevor O’Hoy served for three years on the Cricket Australia board but in my 20 years covering the sport I have come across few others of Chinese extraction, be it in playing ranks, administration, the media or cricket staffers.

After five years covering the local arts for Blue Ridge Public Radio, is leaving his position with the station.

I have been a professional writer for more than 25 years covering a range of topics including travel, business, real estate and home decorating.

My years covering the UFC coincided with Toronto's time as a high-priority market for the company.

The previous Commissioner then granted the company various Fixed Term Estates for 75 years covering most of those same hundreds of hectares in Noro, free from payment of any premium or land rent, and some of which the company quickly sold for profit.

Don’t get me wrong, the memories I made in three years covering the hockey team will stay with me forever.

You know, I covered - I was a daily newspaper reporter for 20 years covering government at state and local level.

Before that, he spent 11 years covering the Giants and A's and working as a national baseball writer.

Yahoo UK's The Royal Box, the author, journalist and broadcaster - who has spent years covering the royal family - believes allegations of the Duchess of Sussex, 37, being "difficult" have foundation.