Example sentences of "[adj] years they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bradens moved to Toronto where they did well in CBC productions , and in 1949 moved on to London where for the next 30 years they made quite an impression at the BBC , both in radio and in television . |
| 2 | After about 30 years they would support ling and heather , then gorse would become established . |
| 3 | For some years they stood largely empty , occupied only by the ghosts of yesteryear , prey to vandals , fire and decay . |
| 4 | For the better part of the next forty years they were to be the decisive restraints . |
| 5 | For nearly forty years they formed what seems to have been the perfect working partnership , each attending to that part of the business to which their very different characters suited them best . |
| 6 | How appropriate , how impressive : ‘ From light years they arrived , to feel the pulse of everyone around . |
| 7 | For two and a half years they watched their comrades in Spain slowly strangled , and never aided them by even a single strike . |
| 8 | Apart from the ‘ Hands off Russia ’ campaign of 1920 he feels that the British working class had never thought or acted internationally and , ‘ For two and a half years they watched their comrades in Spain slowly strangled , and never aided even with a single strike . ’ |
| 9 | In the course of three and a half years they were able to recover over fourteen thousand ounces of gold , three quarters of it fine , from the single cemetery of Sinú . |
| 10 | Give or take a few years they are contemporaries , and yet historically people place Brian Way very much earlier . |
| 11 | Today the big draught breeds , especially in the Massif Central , have found new roles in the beef industry and over the last few years they have been exported in increasing numbers to boost beef production in several parts of the world , sometimes displacing some of the famous traditional British beef breeds . |
| 12 | After a few years they may find that not enough of their nature is being fulfilled . |
| 13 | The last few years they had been more apart , until in 1969 they both rediscovered each other in one of the first Women 's Liberation groups in London . |
| 14 | In the past few years they have done such a great job in establishing a platform to build on . ’ |
| 15 | Over the next few years they built up a 650-acre farm , a sizeable chunk of which was bought with 20,000 of Frances ' inheritance . |
| 16 | For the next few years they stay in these fresh waters but even at this stage in their lives , their wanderings do not cease . |
| 17 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 18 | Over the last few years they have simply been brought into line with demand . |
| 19 | For the first few years they were happy together . |
| 20 | For the last few years they had only discussed their respective businesses and he had listened to his father 's bitter complaints about hunt saboteurs . |
| 21 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 22 | Mind you , I think the last few years they they 'd sort of erm relaxed a bit more |
| 23 | They 've always had links with industry and commerce , but over the last few years they 've recognised the need to develop and publicise their links . |
| 24 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 25 | These little shrubs are also known as ‘ hedgehog ’ hollies , and probably have been for all of the 300 years they have been grown in gardens . |
| 26 | For six years they have transformed half an acre of bleak Cotswold cottage garden into a celebration of vibrancy . |
| 27 | For the past six years they 've spent time perfecting the revolutionary 3.6 litre , 32 valve , V8 engine . |
| 28 | Once every 100 years they resume their human shapes and renew their embraces ; anyone who sees them then is turned to stone . |
| 29 | Alan added : ‘ While our senior managers have combined experience of over 100 years they are aged 40 and under , thus enabling us to offer the most up-to-date knowledge of shipping and air freight requirements . |
| 30 | In 100 years they would regard that as pathetic . ’ |