Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years [that] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 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 | He had no answer — save that British scientists had been reorganised so often in recent years that it was time for stability . |
| 6 | In fact , I did n't know until recent years that it was a person at Philips Records who in fact mentioned DeFries to David , and when he did meet DeFries , Angela was very much in favour of David moving from me to him . |
| 7 | 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 . |