Example sentences of "years and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crosby in 1981 was a classic example : the voters lost a man they had known for thirty years and they did n't know who to vote for instead . |
| 2 | They demolished New Zealand 22–6 in the final for their third win in successive years and they effectively became the second underwater sevens champions since Australia in 1983 , the previous ‘ monsoon ’ tournament . |
| 3 | Those people have lived here for about two years and they 'll still say ‘ I 've got to go home because my old man wants his dinner . ’ |
| 4 | Gresham 's School , Holt have made their contribution of players over the years and they are the current holders of the Henry Griserson trophy for the side which most impressed the XL Club by its performance on and off the field in 1991 . |
| 5 | Expect them to be hammered and they hold the eventual World Cup winners to a point : expect them to see off a side which had not won in the Championship for three years and they submit weakly . |
| 6 | ‘ David Mellor and his family have been coming to my restaurant for 18 years and they are my very good friends , ’ says Moziruddin . |
| 7 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 8 | They 've been married for 11 years and they 've always been so happy . |
| 9 | On the other hand , if you 're married to somebody for forty years and they get fat , you do n't just divorce them because they get fat . |
| 10 | My ‘ old ’ boat was well known to the local seals , and they would allow a really close approach , but I have only had my present boat a couple of years and they are still suspicious . |
| 11 | They could search a thousand years and they 'd not find it . |
| 12 | And he 's been there now about three years and they 're just surviving , and he 's says , I 'm earning roughly what I was here but I 'm working literally twice the hours . |
| 13 | And it 's quite true , I was there about four years and they always took stock before January the first , so that after Christmas came an anomaly , we 'd had a Christmas holiday and gone back to work . |
| 14 | We had given them the prospect of an out in the five years and they did very well out of their investment . ’ |
| 15 | Many have been homeless , not just for the past six months but for several years and they have been pushed from pillar to post within that area . |
| 16 | Er , turning to the media investments , well we all tend to think that the er , the bids tended to be on the high side but er , at least Yorkshire got the licence for the next ten years and they have the option in ninety eight to go for a further ten years and I can tell you er , because I 've had er , lots of conversations with Clive that they 're really working on , on making the best improving their returns from that franchise and I 'm quite sure they 'll succeed . |
| 17 | And from Alan the new flats here , Norman helped by Dave and other members has been constructing substantial timber stroke hardboard flats although a bit heavier than the conventional canvas they will last for years and they really do provide superb sets as has been proved with all three plays presented this year . |
| 18 | The total number of eligible beneficiaries was 29 in 1963 and 32 in the subsequent relevant years and they were all persons other than the two settlors . |
| 19 | Hagans said he 'd known her for two years and they 'd met by appointment . |
| 20 | The Owens claim the work will take several years and they 'll face noise levels of up to 68 decibles . |
| 21 | Many in the farming industry say the current system has survived well for seventy years and they see little reason for changing it . |
| 22 | Obviously the standards are not satisfactory but they are the same as they have been for the last 30 years and they are of Mr Pritchard 's choosing . |
| 23 | Alfie Common scored a penalty at Bramall Lane , home of Sheffield United , to give Middlesbrough their first away win for two years and they managed to avoid the drop to the Second Division . |
| 24 | Angela Jones , 26 , of the same address , said she had known Michael for eight years and they had lived together for seven . |
| 25 | Women on the continent have been using them for years and they 're gradually becoming available in this country . |
| 26 | Mr Harper , who has written to Durham County Council with the couple 's bid , said : ‘ I have known these people for seven years and they are superb to their residents . ’ |
| 27 | In actual fact your Pete and Margaret have moved more , in the twelve years that they were married , I know they 've been married longer now , but when , th they been married twelve years and they moved four times , |
| 28 | Surely they 've been for the last four years and they must or do they just keep it at eighty one then they go to ninety ? |
| 29 | they train in in Wrexham , in the midwifery she says they have n't trained any for two years and they 're not training any next year either ! |
| 30 | Yeah , like the electricity , but your chickens come home to roost when your overtime goes , when your job goes and you take on a commitment and they never , the last ten , fifteen , twenty , twenty five years and they 've never ever , ever taken on a commitment like that before , when it 's presented with just the roses around it , everything 's sweetness and light and roses and the other side is n't really put , put to you , think of the worse scenario , you 're out of a job , what can you do ? |