Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] in [num] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
| 2 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 3 | For the first time in 11 years you can get nearly two dollars for every £ because the American dollar is so weak . |
| 4 | Frank 's departure was a relief in many ways : for the first time in two years someone from our group had gone home ; Frank would now be free from fear while Brian and I could carry on together . |
| 5 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
| 6 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |
| 7 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
| 8 | this one was the biggest and best in a long while … for the first time in 30 years it was open to professionals as well as amateurs and drew in two former world champions in Tony Doyle and Danny Clark and three Milk Race winners in … |
| 9 | The main political event of the year to June 1991 was the general election in March , in which the opposition KESK gained the largest number of seats ( 55 out of 200 ) and went on to form the first Finnish government in 25 years which did not include a left-wing party . |
| 10 | It 's the third time in 2 years his house has been raided and the second in the space of a week . |