Example sentences of "[adj] year she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over some years she was much occupied with the care of her mother and an invalid sister . |
| 2 | For some years she had struggled to come to terms with her own emotions . |
| 3 | For thirty-six years she had been convenient for this purpose . |
| 4 | In her teenage years she had thought it out carefully . |
| 5 | Joyce went on the stage in 1939 — by accident rather than design — and during the next forty years she became both an international entertainer and a national treasure . |
| 6 | In two and a half years she has won over 40 trophies and hundreds of rosettes so do n't despair , Kathy , keep an eye on the condition and just enjoy your horse . |
| 7 | For two and a half years she has received no medical attention and has thus been denied one of the most basic conditions laid down by the United Nations for the detention of prisoners awaiting trial — namely , the right to choose her own doctor . |
| 8 | Yet within a few years she won the County Bronze and Silver Championships in two successive seasons , almost certainly a unique feat . |
| 9 | Emma is always asking when we will go back , and our only worry now is that in a few years she will probably be waking us up at dawn on icy mornings , saying : ‘ Shall we go down the black run first ? ’ |
| 10 | But during these last few years she had felt tired , weary . |
| 11 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 12 | been quite a few years she 's been |
| 13 | Lisa might have responded that over the past few years she 'd endured more than her share of character-building challenges . |
| 14 | During the past few years she has been forced to endure : — A break-in at her home and the loss of £5,500 ; — A series of raids on her office which eventually prompted the company to move elsewhere in the town ; — Drunks breaking into the company headquarters to sleep off their drinking binges ; — Car theft and vehicle damage . |
| 15 | Last year she had a lovely crop from her plot , which measures about 2ft by 3ft ; this year she dug it over in plenty of time for May 4 , the day on which she sows on the basis of an old saying : ‘ the 4th of May is kidney bean day ’ . |
| 16 | This year she could name three new Knights . |
| 17 | ‘ And this year she is in Switzerland at Congress . ’ |
| 18 | Jenny makes all the crackers and this year she designed and made the living room decorations , including the red felt pelmet that hangs above the fireplace . |
| 19 | In February of this year she was locked up in chains after giving herself up . |
| 20 | Earlier this year she offered her endorsement to Ross Perot in his bid for the US Presidency , sending him $1,000 ( £600 ) . |
| 21 | Earlier this year she was given the all clear and joined Dreamflight as a helper . |
| 22 | The President himself remarked : ‘ I think if Barbara Bush were running this year she 'd be elected , but it 's too late . ’ |
| 23 | Earlier this year she persuaded a judge to let her stay with her boyfriend 's family because she did not get on with her father , who had recently been reconciled with his wife . |
| 24 | Actress Maureen Lipman , who played a Jewish mother in the long-running series of ads , said earlier this year she no longer wanted to play Beattie . |
| 25 | When she came back to Britain earlier this year she was admitted semi-conscious to hospital , suffering from malnourishment and signs of physical abuse . |
| 26 | If Balbinder did n't get a place at Cedars this year she would become even more anxious about his progress . |
| 27 | Anni only learned to ride four years ago and later this year she and Floriano were representing Britain at the Equestrian Games in Stockholm . |
| 28 | If Thatcher survives through this year she will lead the Conservatives into the next election . |
| 29 | However , the whole incident was witnessed by another driver who took a note of the car number and in turn , of course , reported it to the police and eventually Mrs was interviewed on the eleventh of August of this year she agreed that she was the driver at the time and she replied it 's okay , but if the little had stopped after the accident I would of sorted things out I could n't do anything after she ran off . |
| 30 | Still , they were going to Florida and she was going to Spain , so at least this year she had something to look forward to . |