Example sentences of "[art] last [adj] years [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Gas said that over the last 10 years it has lost about 2,000 workers a year with the switch to natural gas . |
| 2 | I mean over the last two years it 's been shock horror headlines , you know , will endowments fail to repay the loan , are endowments good value and I ke some of the journalists I 've read bef over the last two years have actually completely reversed what they said t two years ago when P E Ps were declining because of poor share markets and bonuses were coming through quite nicely on the endowments , they said oh endowments are the thing to do . |
| 3 | The last two years it 's been falling apart so we have to ke kept kept folding the wheels back on |
| 4 | For the last two years he has been a hospital porter . |
| 5 | Yeah sh , only the last two years she 's gone a bit blind or otherwise she could do anything could n't she ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For the last nine years he has lived outside work time as a brunette , Diane , and has helped counsel others . |
| 8 | He says over the last five years it 's got far more popular … it 's a sport which is developing … it 's just opening up as a competitve sport … |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For the last twelve years it 's been a Conservative seat . |
| 11 | Because I 've had my hair highlighted regularly for the last ten years it gets really dry . |
| 12 | ‘ Over the last ten years it 's been getting much worse . |
| 13 | In the last ten years it has become apparent that there is some stability and continuity in intellectual and cognitive functioning from infancy through early and later childhood . |
| 14 | In the last ten years he has used a prostitute about 20 times . |
| 15 | Over the last three years it has killed at least 20 people . |
| 16 | For the last twenty years it has been the government policy in both countries to er protect their civilian populations against these weapons and the potential use of them by er terrorists or a hostile force . |
| 17 | Over the last seven years she has worked as a manager in the retail industry in Oxford . |
| 18 | Over the last few years he has discussed many confidential matters with Prince Charles who has regularly visited his practice near Sloane Street . |
| 19 | In the last few years it has become clear that many other churches are working in this way in every denomination . |
| 20 | In the last few years it has been appreciated by the House of Commons that the method of scrutiny chosen was not best adapted to influence the final shape of Community legislation . |
| 21 | It was really only a very small group of students involved , but they got a lot of publicity and I think over the last few years it 's changed quite a lot . |