Mr Takagi, who's lived here 16 years, was also surprised.
He had been a practitioner of Aikido for seven years.
For the last 30 years, ad agencies would kill for a major tobacco account.
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark discount rate to an 18-year low.
I will have lived here for ten years next month.
I've been going steady with her for three years.
Prices have risen steadily during the past decade.
She has been studying French for a few years.
She served the family for twenty years.
She lived there about five years.
She lived there for years.
She has kept a diary for 3 years.
She depended on her uncle for her school expenses for three years.
She taught music for thirty years.
She has been looking after her sick sister for ten years.
They have been in my employ for five years.
They disputed the ownership of the land for years.
They had been living where they could, sharing flats and baths, and kitchens, for some years.
They have lived in this town for ten years.
They have been married for ten years.