Example sentences of "i [verb] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , like most other women , I wasted years of my teens and twenties feeling I would be happier if I was thinner . |
| 2 | Did he tell you that he 'd been at flat I mean years before or near the date of this or what ? |
| 3 | I mean you 're talking like I mean years , I mean really it 's |
| 4 | I 've , I 've never been there , I mean years back when we went cricket in the football one , we , we went |
| 5 | I mean years ago I can remember coming into town and seeing that furniture shop filled with people walking around , every time I go past it now it is empty |
| 6 | no , I mean years ago that 's where we all went that |
| 7 | Well in these days , but I mean years and years ago , I mean you , people did n't know what half of that 's going on because there was n't the media coverage any way . |
| 8 | I mean years ago you did n't have barriers up . |
| 9 | Little trick I learnt years |
| 10 | Do you think that the er it must be the war , the first world war , if you 've been watching Testament of Youth , Fear and Britain 's Testament of Youth , which I read years ago |
| 11 | I recall years ago visiting a nature trail with my then young family . |
| 12 | Hendrix was my number one influence , but I spent years playing Led Zeppelin covers in a band . |
| 13 | I spent years looking for the answer , and what I found was somewhat unexpected . |
| 14 | And Tony from Telford says , I spent years combing my hair over my bald patch , it stopped four months ago and I 'm much much happier . |
| 15 | I remember years ago being amused when a young man given to very few words came to our vicarage and burst in with the news : ‘ Jane had a baby boy this morning ! ’ still with his bedroom slippers on . |
| 16 | I remember years ago , when I was teaching slow learners in a Child Guidance clinic , a little girl from a small village was reading a story in which reference was made to someone ‘ cheeking the dinner lady . ’ |
| 17 | I remember years ago Edwin preaching about standing in the gap — that gap between heaven and earth , bringing the two together . |
| 18 | I remember years ago , that we had Christmas roses : |
| 19 | I remember years ago , when apples , bananas and oranges were the only fruit you could buy . |
| 20 | Erm , I remember years ago , well , well , say months ago , erm , one of the local estate agents were writing in one of the property news I think it was or the Advertiser , saying now is the time to buy , erm , whereas twelve months ago , now 's the time to buy because they |
| 21 | I remember I remember years ago used to be , |
| 22 | Portability I solved years ago with a Tandy 102 , a tiny , bounce-it-off-the concrete newspaperperson 's computer which came complete with built-in programmes , a modem for firing stories down phone lines and virtually no memory . |
| 23 | The idea had come from a short documentary I saw years ago called Werner Herzog Eats His Show . |
| 24 | I remember an all-black room I saw years ago which has always stuck in my mind : black velvet walls , black carpet , ebony table and chairs , black lacquer side table . |
| 25 | And sh , they 've also done Tony once I think years ago . |
| 26 | I sometimes use sketches I did years ago , they still can inspire and start a train of thought . |
| 27 | I had years of hell there . ’ |
| 28 | I had years ahead of me . |
| 29 | I had years in Latin America , the Far East , all over the place , and any time I came back to London , well , there was too much to do to have much time for somewhere like ffeatherstonehaugh 's , and anyway I was married by then and my wife would n't have approved . |
| 30 | Oh this is the one I had years ago this one , I 've never used it . |