Example sentences of "[adj] year [prep] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I studied mathematics for some years at school and I have not totally forgotten all of them . |
| 2 | And you know some years in advance if you 're in a secondary school erm that the total secondary school population is going to drop by , say , erm fifteen per cent in the next five years or whatever it might be . |
| 3 | I know if I get into trouble again I 'll be done for the arson charge and breach of probation , and that means a few years in jail and I could n't handle it . |
| 4 | AMAN jailed for 12 years for robbery after he was picked out on an identity parade because of his ‘ frightening , evil , and sadistic eyes ’ , was cleared by the Court of Appeal in London yesterday . |
| 5 | His father died suddenly when he was only 12 years of age and he had an early baptism of public life , being prominent in Scottish affairs while still in his teens . |
| 6 | However , a further year of practice and they are nearly as proficient as the adults . |
| 7 | ‘ And I 'm fifty-six years of age and I say what of it , ’ Malachi retorted . |
| 8 | My Lord by way of facts the first named plaintiff Mr is now er fifty eight years of age and he and his wife live in Brentwood er both are named as plaintiffs because their joint monies were expended in the purchase of the , this business and they were both parties to the purchase erm but it is clear that Mr in fact did all the negotiations for the purchase and the planning and the running of this business and he is er the prime witness on behalf of the plaintiff . |
| 9 | Erm again for those people have to be ov over fifty years of age and we operate in the maximum enhancement er provision . |
| 10 | By then , he says , ‘ we had done 1.5 years of study and we were saying , what the hell are we going to do with this ? |
| 11 | Marguerite Maury was 73 years of age when she died . |
| 12 | 18 LATE NEWS You will be sorry to hear that 's husband died suddenly at home after many years of ill-health and we send our heartfelt sympathy to and her family . |
| 13 | I was er four I left the school at fourteen years of age and I was down the pit the following day . |
| 14 | EGYPT — cruise the Nile , soak up the sun and take in 5,000 years of history as you visit the famous sights . |
| 15 | The rest had been so well prepared for work by their previous sixteen years of socialisation that they found few problems . |
| 16 | Edward VI had n't reached sixteen years of age before he died , in July 1553 , and for just nine days Lady Jane Grey was considered to be Queen Jane , but the country was not prepared to accept her as Queen . |
| 17 | But it was two long years of disappointment before she conceived . |
| 18 | If I went out at the age of 68 at Drury Lane to celebrate Rory Bremner 's 50 years in showbusiness and I had n't got my pyjamas on , somebody would shout ‘ Where 's your pyjamas ’ ? ’ |
| 19 | You must have served five years [ two after membership ] in a legal office and be 25 years of age before you become eligible to become a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives . |
| 20 | They managed to save him , giving him ten more years of life until he died aged fifty-nine in 1984 . |
| 21 | At Southwark crown court , Judge Gerald Butler , QC , ordered confiscation of all Black 's assets , worth nearly £1.5 million , with the threat of 10 more years in prison if he defaulted . |
| 22 | ‘ Even Husak has spent many more years in jail than I have , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Surely these are two major facets of the Royal Canoe Club 's 125 years of existence and they were very well expressed on this occasion . |
| 24 | Moving to fine china , there was a very considerable overseas sales decline , particularly in Canada where there were lots of major retailers going bankrupt , but despite that , sales were over two hundred million for the fourth year in succession and we had a record December . |
| 25 | There would be one more year of work before he finally achieved his degree , a hard year , a work-filled year , but nothing could or would postpone marriage plans . |
| 26 | Not this one — she 's twelve years of age and she 's her own mistress . |
| 27 | Faldo , interviewed in Golf World magazine , blasted : ‘ I have been 16 years on tour and I can honestly think of only two times I have seen Peter Alliss on a practice ground watching me or anybody hit balls . |
| 28 | Foreign companies would be able to remit part of their profits abroad , and were promised compensation in the event of " unavoidable " nationalization ; they would be given tax concessions during the initial five years of operation if they were involved in high-technology industries , resource development or infrastructure construction . |
| 29 | Gqozo is accused of operating hit squads and permits no freedom of speech — the penalty for simply criticising Gqozo 's leadership is five years in jail and he has banned all ANC activities inside the homeland . |
| 30 | It was during my first year at university that I first came across it in a book by James Tyler Kent in a public library . |