Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.

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1 Even then , such assessment as there was was lost in Burgessian rhetoric : ‘ Mr Motion does all he can to chronicle those years and years of world without event , in which the interesting things happened in trousers , in pubs , and on paper …
2 Proposing this , Michael Watkinson added : ‘ As we paid last year , possibly they could contribute this year . ’
3 There is also the possibility that the invention represents only a modest ( but nonetheless patented ) improvement on the employer 's existing products ; hence it may take several years simply to recoup the research and development costs .
4 Now ye 'll do five years ’ hard for what ye 've done to Luke ! ’
5 Now we can plan 2 years in front of ourselves . ’
6 ‘ We ca n't do it until next March , when we 'll have five years ’ trading figures to show , ’ Adam said .
7 And essentially you can get two years ' worth of records in , in a storage binder .
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