Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] the [num ord] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 2 | People cease to be rational even when they 've known and worked with someone for the last ten years . ’ |
| 3 | Tell me something in the last eight years that I 've said . |
| 4 | ‘ Tell me something in the last eight years that I 've said . |
| 5 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 6 | And they will achieve nothing over the next 20 years . ’ |
| 7 | My mother had four children she had bring up , without anything for the first two years , how the hell she managed it , I do n't know ! |
| 8 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't remember anything in the last fifteen years or so that has excited me in America . |