Example sentences of "in years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't that , meant we , we say that I know time goes on but in years they took to pay the loan . |
| 2 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
| 3 | For the first time in years she had someone she could rely on . |
| 4 | In years she was senior to everyone including the infrequently seen Charlie ; as mother hen to the dancing girls she 'd taken Lucy in and allowed her to feel at home in a matter of hours . |
| 5 | For the first time in years it is possible to walk around the whole building and experience it in three dimensions . |
| 6 | As a hobby woodworker advancing ( slightly ) in years it is nice at the end of the day to relax in a really comfortable chair . |
| 7 | For the first time in years it was thick enough to bear . |
| 8 | For the first time in years he felt what it was like to be a truly free man . |
| 9 | Now that he was getting on in years he wanted to take things just that little bit easy , not see patient after patient , cramming in as many as possible , but space them out — eight , ten a day was enough — for with his practice so long established and his clientele so solid he could n't imagine any reason to fear blanks in his appointments book . |