Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] years and i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike just a point of information I have been teaching in Harlow for twenty years and I 've never been asked by anybody at the playhouse what play 's who 's like to see in my school . |
| 2 | The other aspect is there are a large number of people a large number of these countries depend on their forest industries for producing foreign exchange which is particularly scant , a lot of the world , particularly Africa is suffering from debt problems , erm I worked in Uganda for 14 years and I found it really to get back there : the salary of a forest officer now is something , is worth in real terms something like 1 percent of what it was in 1962. erm His salary in 1962 was something in the region of six thousand a year in present terms , it 's now worth £60. erm He has to go out and get most of his livelihood from some other source , and Uganda 's an extreme case , but there are many other African countries where the position is similar . |
| 3 | I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims . |
| 4 | I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that . |
| 5 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 6 | As one teacher trainer put it not long ago , ‘ I have been in education for 25 years and I have never known morale so low . |
| 7 | I have worked in adult education for 12 years and I am proud , like the education spokesman for the Social and Liberal Democrats and , I think , the Leader of the Opposition , to be a vice-president of the Workers Educational Association . |
| 8 | I 've been in the trade for 29 years and I 've never known it this bad . |
| 9 | I have been extremely interested in the youth of Shropshire for many years and I try to express this by such activities as being a confirmation catechist , working with young adults with physical and mental disabilities and also attending a week 's work experience at Dehon House . |
| 10 | Ranjan Gohin , 36 , summed up the mood saying : ‘ I 've been working at John Lewis for 14 years and I do n't think this will put me off . |
| 11 | Another northern head , requesting anonymity , voiced his outrage at Labour 's prejudice : ‘ I 've worked in comprehensives for 18 years and I know as well as anyone that you can not get good education for working-class children without quality teachers and adequate resources . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been working at the restaurant for three years and I like it there . |
| 13 | Sir , I have been with my master for twenty years and I know his appearance as well as I know my own . |
| 14 | I was doing veterinary for two years and I wrote away to companies but they just were n't all that keen to ge give girls a chance . |
| 15 | Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make . |
| 16 | I lived in Switzerland for fifteen years and I knew many many people who after having had their children would have breasts implants and , they just felt that they 'd got back the figure that they had before the children and particularly one of my friends she had twins and her stomach was so stretched and after her pregnancy she 'd got all this sort of sagging skin and what she regretted was that she waited fifteen years before she decided to go and have something done and she just felt so much better about it . |
| 17 | ‘ He is my Uncle ; we 've shared the same house for twenty years and I wanted to be with him . |
| 18 | I have been involved in local politics for several years and I am running in South Ward for the second time . |
| 19 | They did n't succeed in oppressing me when I was in prison for 16 years and I ask you now , do n't stand alone when you can be together ’ . |
| 20 | My predecessors and I have enjoyed a close and fruitful working relationship with local authorities in Wales over many years and I believe that that has contributed significantly to the efficient and effective conduct of business between central and local government which is the key to the debate . |