Example sentences of "[adj] years they " in BNC.
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| 31 | During the last 10 years they had , Taylor explained , expended a large sum of money without deriving " any profit whatsoever " , and were inclined to hope that this and the further anticipated expense entitled them to consideration by " Royalty reduction or otherwise " . |
| 32 | Yeah , I got the impression when the TV commentators were going on about the Turks being in Europe for the last 10 years they were just looking for some excuse to explain th scum 's ineptitude . |
| 33 | For the next thirteen years they offered no really serious opposition to government policies : but their refusal in 1787 to accept proposals for important new taxes and tax reforms was a crucial step in the destruction of the old regime in France . |
| 34 | oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done |
| 35 | Unfortunately , there were so many restrictions — and charges were so high — that in their early years they never really took off . |
| 36 | In the early years they manufactured and supplied both hand and machine knitting yarns in natural fibres , principally wool and mohair . |
| 37 | erm and of course , er , normal years they also earn quite a lot from exporting their cat |
| 38 | For three-and-a-half years they had met twice or thrice a month , holidaying clandestinely together , clasping happiness against all the odds , basking blissfully in each other 's company . |
| 39 | Even after more than fifty years they have not been fully appreciated by many philosophers , and are still the subject of much controversy . |
| 40 | The upshot of the matter was that although the Butcher had an account for 30 odd years they did not think him worthy of an invite . |
| 41 | and all these years they spend . |
| 42 | In later years they were edited by Africans , though European officials in the public Relations Department always had the final say . |
| 43 | In their later years they joined forces , and there is a photograph showing them together excavating one of the ‘ Danes ’ graves ' in 1898 . |
| 44 | But in later years they got a gig and it was far easier on the pony you see with a big heavy man riding a pony is awful tiresome on the pony you see . |
| 45 | ‘ If we did n't shoot them , ’ he says , ‘ then within two or three years they would be so out of hand that we 'd have to give up sheep farming . ’ |
| 46 | In the past three years they have spent £1m transforming the former run-down pub on the banks of the River Severn into an attractive 34-bedroom hotel with restaurant and conference facilities . |
| 47 | Yet , while the New Popsters produced a stream of memorable hit singles ( Culture Club 's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me , or Duran 's Hungry Like The Wolf ) , within three years they 'd all be defunct , or frantically searching for a new ‘ adult ’ audience . |
| 48 | Over the past three years they have turned one of the most dishonourable Soviet professions into something worthy of admiration . |
| 49 | Over the last three years they 've built up a steady following , which is hardly surprising , since their stage show is one of the most acclaimed in local music . |
| 50 | In three years they had rounded up fifty captive orangs . |
| 51 | This was despite the fact that probably the most influential piece of evidence they received during the three years they sat , the Church of England Moral Welfare Council 's ( CEMWC ) updated report , Sexual Offenders and Social Punishment , recommended a universal age of consent of 17 . |
| 52 | For the past three years they had shared her tedious exile on her father 's estate , where she had seen no one but her brothers and aunts . |
| 53 | They chose a spot by a river , on the side of a mountain , they called three hundred workmen together , and for three years they toiled at building the city . |
| 54 | At the end of three years they were no further on . |
| 55 | Peop they 're like they 're like umbrellas that need unfolding and people say oh they 'll spread out and they 'll develop foliage well there 're similar sorts of trees on Castlegate and they 've been there about three years they 've done nothing in fact they 're dying . |
| 56 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 57 | For three years they had neither met nor spoken . |
| 58 | In three years they are full and have to be emptied and washed out . |
| 59 | Yeah , yeah and then they 'll be able to stay Joseph and Charlotte will be full time in January they 're allowed to , I think what it is , is , they 're allowed to start when they 're small part time but they 're not allowed to go full time until the term they 're gon na be five in and you see Charlotte will be five in March and because I think that comes before the Easter of the Bank Holiday , erm she 'll be able to start January full time , where you 're supposed to , you know , three years they 'll all be |
| 60 | For many years they were regarded as colonial coelenterates , but it is now certain that they are unrelated to the jellyfish and their allies , and in fact are distant cousins to a small group of tube-dwelling organisms with little fossil record , which belong to the minor phylum Hemichordata . |