Example sentences of "[prep] the [num ord] [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a shock to discover that for the first five years they went to homes in the country where women were paid to nurse them , and it seemed to put a stop to any hope of seeing Angel again . |
| 2 | I often wish I could live them over again , even though for the first four years I had to supplement my poor earnings by doing evening jobs . ’ |
| 3 | For the first twenty years he was confined in prison-like conditions , somewhat alleviated at Broadmoor , where terraces allowed views of the surrounding countryside . |
| 4 | For the first few years they were happy together . |
| 5 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 6 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 7 | I was never out of that for the first few years I was saved , I was always getting in there , confessing my sins . |
| 8 | For the first three years he endured abject misery . |
| 9 | For the last nine years he has lived outside work time as a brunette , Diane , and has helped counsel others . |
| 10 | I am 59 years of age and for the last fourteen years I have had curly perms . |
| 11 | Yeah , I got the impression when the TV commentators were going on about the Turks being in Europe for the last 10 years they were just looking for some excuse to explain th scum 's ineptitude . |
| 12 | For the last 10 years I have worked to create environments for the millions of pilgrims who come to Saudi Arabia . |
| 13 | For the last six years he has been assistant curate at St. Barnabas ' Church in Linthorpe , Middlesbrough , and he will be instituted as vicar of Saltburn in July . |
| 14 | But the fact remains that for the last 13 years we have been governed by a party rejected by nearly 60pc of voters . |
| 15 | For the last four years she had struggled to forget about him , to make a life for herself without him . |
| 16 | The whole festival is heavily dependent on sponsorship and for the last five years it has successfully attracted and maintained a number of business sponsors both locally and nationally . |
| 17 | And for the last five years he had been doing just that . |
| 18 | For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain . |
| 19 | He had formed her life , as for the last twelve years she had lived it , formed her every day by the acts of one extraordinary night . |
| 20 | For the last twelve years it 's been a Conservative seat . |
| 21 | Actually I did operations between the village hall and the Crosskeys and Mr Martin is on the pub for the last sixteen years you see . |
| 22 | As well as attending most Easter Courses for the last eleven years I have assisted at Guide Camps for even longer enjoying at least one week a year far removed from houses , telephones and television — what bliss ! |
| 23 | For the last two years I have had to take two tablets a day . |
| 24 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 25 | For the last two years he had been in practice in Northampton , and he did not at that stage wish to endanger his prospects there by letting his application to Bedford be generally known ; if Whitbread gave his support however , Thackeray would ‘ make his pretensions public ’ . |
| 26 | For the last two years he 's covered the City of London Festival , a smaller version of the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 27 | For the last two years he 's covered the City of London Festival , a smaller version of the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 28 | For the last two years he has been a hospital porter . |
| 29 | It 's been a hectic schedule , because for the last 20 years I 've been playing about 300 gigs a year , including trips to the Northern Territories and the South West . ’ |
| 30 | Erm your worships as far as the personal circumstances are concerned she is fifty nine years old , she has n't worked for the last three years she 's in receipt of invalidity benefit similarly her husband who has n't worked for the last ten or eleven years er , is on invalidity benefit . |