Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] couple [prep] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Babies are n't very nice for the first couple of years of their lives either , though it is modern to say the opposite . |
| 2 | For the first couple of years , I was angry , permanently bad-tempered , and sexually frustrated . |
| 3 | My arrival put paid to her travels — at least for the first couple of years . ’ |
| 4 | For the first couple of years I shared a flat with a friend , then my paternal grandmother died and unexpectedly left me a small legacy . |
| 5 | Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die . |
| 6 | I mean if you 're doing me medicine , for the first couple of years you you 're just doing text book work are n't you , mostly ? |
| 7 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Whatever enforced their absence for the last couple of years , it was n't an extensive search for a new musical direction . |
| 9 | For the last couple of years , Sombro has periodically disappeared . |
| 10 | For the last couple of years my Sambucus racemosa ‘ Plumosa Aurea ’ has started well in spring , but soon the leaves brown and some even fall early . |
| 11 | ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works . |
| 12 | However , it has not officially been published for the last couple of years and the figures shown for 1986/87 are unofficial ones culled from the published NHS annual accounts ( DHSS , 1988 ) . |
| 13 | Thomasino Boyd , who joined us for the last couple of years , and before that ( in Scots accent ) Doogie Rae . |
| 14 | Quality DJs from all over the country have been coming to Middlesbrough for the last couple of years , including London DJs who are now returning through the Flying organisation . |
| 15 | Wearing various Squadron markings over the years with BBMF , ‘ LF ’ for the last couple of years was seen in the markings of James Nicolson 's aircraft , ‘ GN-A ’ of 249 Squadron . |
| 16 | From a technical point of view this is mainly nip and tuck stuff , but Microsoft is betting that the innovative use of existing technology will be a winner and is finally cashing in on all the application programming interfaces , dynamic data exchange , object linking and embedding facilities that it has been burying in its applications and operating systems for the last couple of years . |
| 17 | On a more specific nature we 've sponsored a five-a-side football competition at the local Leisure Centre , for the last couple of years . |
| 18 | For the last couple of years , my thoughts have been full of Anne . |
| 19 | Clarke has not played in that position for the last couple of years , but performed excellently . |
| 20 | You raised a very , very significant issue that I have n't heard much addressed in recent days and we know that there has n't really been a super power of the Soviet Union and any other military sense for the last couple of years . |
| 21 | Well the farmers for the last couple of years have been arguing that they want this green rate devalued er to try and bring it line more with the market rate er and what this would do would er increase our guaranteed prices in this country and in fact on Friday this happened er the green rate was devalued by 60%. er and so I 've done a few calculations er and for the farmers that are listening and er may understand this er if he was selling his grain in November 89 he would be getting about £99 a ton , whilst if he sells it in November this year he 'll be getting £110 a ton . |
| 22 | Climbers should have no problems keeping warm on the Ben — for the next couple of years , anyway . |
| 23 | For the next couple of years , Sinitta was dog-less as she ran up an amazing string of chart hits with the guidance of the nowlegendary Stock , Aitken and Waterman . |
| 24 | He lived and played and wrote and toured frenetically for the next couple of years , working night and day — with just a little help from Benzedrine , Methedrine , and anything else that would speed him up or slow him down . |
| 25 | Mr Kaifu might accumulate enough successes to impress his party when it decides who should lead the country for the next couple of years . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , as AMEC was at pains to point out yesterday , for the next couple of years making money from housebuilding is set to be a struggle . |
| 27 | For the next couple of years at least the shares will be supported only by assets , which despite the fall in values are still worth 25 p.c. more than the share price . |
| 28 | We all intend to continue the same sort of programme for the next couple of years and I have said I would like to call in next term and on a periodic basis until our responsibility ceases . |
| 29 | I 'm lucky enough to have a diary full of opera engagements , and my recording schedule for the next couple of years is particularly exciting : Così with Mehta [ See our interview in the next issue ! — Ed. ] , a disc of Mozart arias , and a Magic Flute ( all for Sony ) , a Don Carlos with Levine , a Verdi Requiem , all the Schubert Masses , a Verdi recital , some Russian bass/baritone duets , and a recital of Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov songs with Alexis Weissenberg ! ’ |
| 30 | One of the best authorities for the next couple of years of Burton 's life — back in the UK , waiting for the demob in various rural localities — is the actor Warren Mitchell . |