Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] years and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ All I know is that we 've signed him on a playing contract for four years and we 're delighted to have him back . |
| 2 | I have been going out with my girlfriend for three years and she wants us to get married but I 'm not so sure ! |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been involved in football for 24 years and we have been talking about this problem for all that time . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 6 | I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims . |
| 7 | I 've been fighting this battle for four years and we 've eventually got there . |
| 8 | This was the Finaghy lads first fight at home in six years and you could almost feel seismic waves of anticipation as he came to the ringside . |
| 9 | It 's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it 's a vast improvement . |
| 10 | I 've been working in the sextry for four years and he 's been there all that time . |
| 11 | People hear within the market place that , that we give good training , that we do develop people and it does attract good people to join us does n't it , whereas very few people want to join a company where you go nowhere , where you 're not given any training you stay in the same job for ten years and it does nothing for you . |
| 12 | He 's worked on the site for 46 years and he knows what a heritage museum would mean to the town . |
| 13 | We lived in Sadberge for seven years and it 's lovely to come back . |
| 14 | I WAS an infant teacher for 38 years and it always makes me angry when anyone says that a mother who stays at home caring for her child is ‘ wasting her talents ’ . |
| 15 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 16 | He 's on probation for three years and he has to do 100 hours community service . |
| 17 | As one teacher trainer put it not long ago , ‘ I have been in education for 25 years and I have never known morale so low . |
| 18 | I have worked in adult education for 12 years and I am proud , like the education spokesman for the Social and Liberal Democrats and , I think , the Leader of the Opposition , to be a vice-president of the Workers Educational Association . |
| 19 | ‘ We have known each other for 14 years and we just do n't want to spoil what we have . ’ |
| 20 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 21 | I 've been in the trade for 29 years and I 've never known it this bad . |
| 22 | Rideout , boosted by scoring twice for the reserves in midweek , admitted last night : ‘ Graeme 's been one of the top strikers in the game for several years and he is a hard act to follow . |
| 23 | He had worked for the same engineering firm for thirty years and he had always set great store by the company pension . |
| 24 | Cos you have erm is normally four , four , sorry tenth and eleventh years in sixth formers , and they 've also got a subject choice section as well , which I have used in the past for ninth years and it wa , it just got them thinking about things in a completely different way from what we , they 've ever done |
| 25 | erm as many people here know and like them I have worked in a voluntary capacity and one way or another in this theatre for many years and we ca n't do without it we do n't want to see it close or any of those drastic things . |
| 26 | Expect them to be hammered and they hold the eventual World Cup winners to a point : expect them to see off a side which had not won in the Championship for three years and they submit weakly . |
| 27 | Tony , Jill and their son , Martin , have lived at the Old Rectory for twenty years and it is very much their home — as your hosts they will bring early morning tea ( if requested ) , and arrange numerous activities . |
| 28 | The rate of change in media will continue at this pace for some years and we can take nothing for granted . |
| 29 | Alfie Common scored a penalty at Bramall Lane , home of Sheffield United , to give Middlesbrough their first away win for two years and they managed to avoid the drop to the Second Division . |
| 30 | ‘ David Mellor and his family have been coming to my restaurant for 18 years and they are my very good friends , ’ says Moziruddin . |