Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [num] year [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And when we doubled the company 's turnover in one year I decided to investigate his methods . ’
2 It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty .
3 I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off .
4 This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’
5 But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be .
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