Example sentences of "years [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that nose which seemed to sharpen with the years made her look predatory … |
| 2 | But a desire to be fair , a wish to be absolutely certain , and an understandable reluctance to accuse someone of perfidy who has been a friend of mine for six difficult years made me pull the telephone back to my mouth . |
| 3 | Their training and the pressure to conform to state rules and regulations have over the years made them appear to their pupils , and many parents , as agents of the regime . |
| 4 | For weeks it threatened to be a cesspit of scandal , and not to be outdone the controversial English striker Stan Bowles , whose behaviour over the years made him seem like a surrogate Scot , admitted that he frequently took drugs . |
| 5 | Had these lonely years made him a coward ? |
| 6 | The uncertain nature of political alignments in these years made it inevitable , then , that a National Government would come under serious consideration as a remedy for Britain 's ills . |
| 7 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
| 8 | Centuries ago the birds themselves chose Low Island as a sanctuary and the droppings over the years made it rich in guano — a fertiliser . |
| 9 | In the preface to his Hortus Britanno-Americanus ( written in 1749 but not published until 1763 ) Mark Catesby [ q.v. ] , the pioneer naturalist of the south-eastern states of America , said that ‘ Mr. Gray at Fulham has for many years made it his business to raise and cultivate the plants of America ( from whence he has annually fresh supplies ) in order to furnish the curious with what they want … |
| 10 | Why is it that mayors only existed in Lewes for a hundred years seeing it 's such an old town ? |
| 11 | full years tax it 'll have all the |
| 12 | Happily , we will have many years to carry it out . |
| 13 | Through it all his mother quietly and continually supported him and as the years passed we all began to realise that there were unforeseen , unimagined battles inexorably growing everywhere . |
| 14 | I never wore the roll-neck out there again and as the years passed I was gradually given a large wardrobe of beautiful traditional dresses , which I wore with comfort and delight , each dress reminding me of the giver . |
| 15 | As the years passed I discovered that I had developed a special school ‘ personality ’ which was a distortion of myself . |
| 16 | As the years passed it became more and more obvious that the BDDA lacked a central office . |
| 17 | It 's been going ongoing for eighteen months two years change it |
| 18 | Maturity of outlook over the years led it to have a capacity for assuming an independent role , based on its own inherent values . |
| 19 | All EC states would be given three years to introduce the necessary legislation except for the UK , which had strongly opposed the proposal and was given 10 years to implement it [ see also p. 38658 for UK option to withdraw from social policy aspects of European Union ] . |
| 20 | Changes in the Pakistan Penal Code introduced in recent years make it a criminal offence for Ahmadis to profess , practice and propagate their faith . |
| 21 | The tournament proved to be Gascoigne 's finest hour … he became a superstar overnight … and Jane spent the next 2 years helping him arrange a multi million pound transfer to the Rome club Lazio . |
| 22 | I think the police should have been to see her within hours and not waited four years to see her . ’ |
| 23 | Fans of Mr Fox hope they do n't have to wait another twebty years to see him here again . |
| 24 | The improvements in performance over the last two years provide us with a secure base from which to move forward . |
| 25 | Although McGregor was to be paid £50 000 , the same as the man he replaced , the British government had to pay Lazard Freres $4.1m. over five years to compensate them for losing McGregor . |
| 26 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 27 | ‘ The Geophysical Observatory in Port Moresby have over the years provided us with very useful earthquake data and are helping us monitor the after shocks which are sill being felt in the Tari area . ’ |
| 28 | Firstly I have never seen a more clearer er grant from the government to actually let you build houses this year , this is whole point of th th this should happen and if we do n't take it up I believe that in future years to come we shall regret it very , very strongly indeed . |
| 29 | I think that in years to come they are bound to be looked back on as an aberration . |
| 30 | In years to come they 're gon na be the managers so hopefully we can make it better for someone else . |