Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years that [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Perhaps their paintings said things to one another during these years that they could never say in person . ) |
| 2 | I believed for many years that I could move towards the future and leave the past behind , that there was no need for me to return home . |
| 3 | In 1848 an experienced mines inspector and engineer could write in A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries : ‘ Explosions of gas have unfortunately become so numerous in late years that it would be impossible in the absence of specific records to enumerate them . ’ |
| 4 | So much has been written concerning this question in recent years that it would waste space to reiterate arguments as to the moral , sociological , psychological and medical aspects of the problem . |
| 5 | You 've been telling people for two years that you 'll never be an investigator again . |