Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is , when you have conducted a piece for many years you have a knowledge of the interior musical structures that are closed to most theatre directors . |
| 2 | Almost every Saturday for three years I put on my black skirt , my white blouse , my newly polished shoes and my uniform white frilly apron . |
| 3 | In the course of fifteen years I have slowly worked my way up from the people , together with this Movement . |
| 4 | As a woodwork teacher for many years I consider this design to be dangerous because power drills run at a much higher speed than a brace and consequently the feed is too fast for accurate control . |
| 5 | And , on meeting up with the Apache after 30 years I like it now . |
| 6 | In recounting my coming out story in later years I have always sited this period of my life as extremely important to my subsequent emergence as a lesbian . |
| 7 | Oh yeah these maintenance contracts are the lowest , I mean I took one out on my mum 's C D player because they 'd , they 'd had trouble with it , er multi play , turns out it was the stack one they had trouble with not that one , but it was only thirty quid for four years I mean |
| 8 | Now we 're doing a little bit of reversion and it is much regret by God for five years I have negotiated budgets with the Labour group against intense opposition to Conservatives and central government to improve the services in Oxfordshire . |
| 9 | I have argued with my district health authority for many years I know that many hon. Members have done the same with theirs — because it has for various reasons shifted the problem of elderly sick people to the private sector . |
| 10 | Because there 's been a dramatic increase in traffic in recent years we need to assess the impact on the river 's special environment . |
| 11 | I saw my first reed bunting 's nest in 1964 in the marsh between the lochs of Spiggie and Brow , and now in the space of twenty-five years they have successfully colonised the islands , and theirs is the only bunting song that today 's Shetland children will know … |
| 12 | As clearly as any incident of those years I remember the books which I read . |
| 13 | These years will not count as part of your working life , and the number of qualifying years you need for a full pension will be reduced . |
| 14 | After attending Sunday Mass in several parishes in recent years I have experienced attempts in some churches to get the people singing . |
| 15 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 16 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |
| 17 | Some time during those years I remember thinking it offensive that all the people ‘ up front ’ in black were male . |
| 18 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 19 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |