Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] years [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Paul Altmann of the Kidney Unit at the London Hospital in Whitechapel is reported as saying : ‘ It is when you are absorbing aluminium over many years that it is potentially damaging . |
| 2 | So much has been written concerning this question in recent years that it would waste space to reiterate arguments as to the moral , sociological , psychological and medical aspects of the problem . |
| 3 | Erm , I wonder if this is a matter which budget review might wish to keep on a continuing brief , so that , to satisfy themselves that the , this council is in fact making progress , and will be in a position to satisfy the district auditor in future years that we are er , taking on board the comments that he 's making and er , moving forward . |
| 4 | Steve Cropper says that Robert Cray and Bonnie Raitt are the only two artists in recent years that he 's watched from the audience — which is either a massive compliment , or an indication of the number of gigs our Steve attends these days . |
| 5 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |
| 6 | You 've been telling people for two years that you 'll never be an investigator again . |
| 7 | Perhaps it is not so surprising , since Tony Bowran learnt his craft from the practitioners of the finest photographic advertising images of the ‘ 70's , and like the painters of previous years that he so admires and draws great inspiration from , they too had apprentices who eventually became masters in their own time . |
| 8 | A Jockey Club inquiry rejected the claims of 57-year-old Ken Evans Aintree recall man for seven years that he waved his red flag to stop riders in the two false starts . |
| 9 | It was the fourth rise in German interest rates this year and the first time for several years that they have risen by a full percentage point . |
| 10 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 11 | Austen Chamberlain was equally enthusiastic at the time , but later put the occasion into somewhat more critical perspective by saying that it was the only time in fourteen years that he had ever known Baldwin to influence a Cabinet decision . |
| 12 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |