Example sentences of "[pers pn] four year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody was telling me it took her four years ! |
| 2 | It took him four years to get used to the doors at Stoneleigh ! |
| 3 | It took him four years to write his third , and posthumously published , novel , A Voice Through a Cloud ( 1950 ) , an account of the accident itself and his struggle to convalesce . |
| 4 | The house sank into a gently decayed condition when a local architect bought it four years ago . |
| 5 | Happily there was no quick cash-in when ROY ORBISON died just before Christmas 1988 , and his widow Barbara has left it four years before releasing his posthumous album KING OF HEARTS ( Virgin ) . |
| 6 | Ward had bought it four years earlier with part of the advance on one of his books . |
| 7 | Three different horses won it four years running . |
| 8 | Secondly , why is there imprisonment in England and Wales when the Government abolished it four years ago in Scotland ? |
| 9 | Did erm , what was it four years ? |
| 10 | THE landmark spire of Colmcille Roman Catholic church in Holywood has risen from the ashes of the fire which virtually destroyed it four years ago . |
| 11 | She was saying four years four years and I said I 've not had it four years |
| 12 | Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well |
| 13 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |
| 14 | God is it four years ago ? |
| 15 | What is it four years ? |
| 16 | done it four years and this year we 're Worcester . |
| 17 | Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’ |
| 18 | If you had told me four years ago that what has happened would happen , I would have expected to have been in pretty poor shape by now . |
| 19 | But in that case , I would have the consolation of winning my bet , which would bring me four years of the magazine Private Eye . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
| 21 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 22 | What a pity you could n't have talked to me four years ago , instead of simply walking out . ’ |
| 23 | You wanted to marry me four years ago ? ’ |
| 24 | This has taken me four years and I reckon the Atlantic 's the one to go for.I 'm sure it 's not that difficult . |
| 25 | ’ My husband asked them why they did n't take a statement from me four years ago . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're in the WH Smith Top 40 and it has only taken us four years to get there , ’ says Tom White of makers Upstarts . |
| 27 | I 'd spent most of it with the other two , one bad and the other indifferent , now I 'd come across a good one and fate gave us four years together , that 's all . |
| 28 | I see the form tutor one as being now we 've got hold of record of achievement as being part of the developmental process of a record of achievement , now our youngsters know what a personal statement is , form tutors are happier with a joint statement it 's taken us four years |