Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [adj] years i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I often wish I could live them over again , even though for the first four years I had to supplement my poor earnings by doing evening jobs . ’ |
| 2 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 3 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 4 | I was never out of that for the first few years I was saved , I was always getting in there , confessing my sins . |
| 5 | I have been growing them for ten years , and for the past two years I have been hybridising . |
| 6 | Christophe Lázar : For the past two years I have been active expanding Colnaghi 's presence in Europe , Asia and South America . |
| 7 | For the past two years I 've felt that there was something odd in some of the accounts . |
| 8 | However , for the past two years I 've dedicated myself to it in total and , like yours , my trade has mushroomed . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ For the past two years I 've made all the decisions , major and minor , though heaven knows why when I employ intelligent , capable , highly qualified managers . |
| 10 | I 'm 63 and for the past six years I have been taking two tablets each day for myxoedema of the thyroid . |
| 11 | ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ For the past few years I have built my life around rugby and I am happy to go on doing that until I ca n't go any further in the game ’ , he said . |
| 13 | For the past seven years I have run a job share register on behalf of the British Paediatric Association . |
| 14 | For the past seven years I 've skied in a selection of one-piece uninsulated shell suits and I doubt if I will ever turn back . |
| 15 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 16 | In 1987 , I moved to Sheffield and formed Red Grape Cabaret , and for the past three years I have toured the country with fellow comedians Roger Monkhouse and Adam Cavaleri , telling jokes in a bewildering variety of circumstances . |
| 17 | ‘ For the past three years I 've been a respectable married man , young lady . |
| 18 | for the past ten years I have been keeping vigil in a nocturnal maze , and will continue to do so until daybreak . |
| 19 | I am 59 years of age and for the last fourteen years I have had curly perms . |
| 20 | For the last 10 years I have worked to create environments for the millions of pilgrims who come to Saudi Arabia . |
| 21 | For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain . |
| 22 | As well as attending most Easter Courses for the last eleven years I have assisted at Guide Camps for even longer enjoying at least one week a year far removed from houses , telephones and television — what bliss ! |
| 23 | For the last two years I have had to take two tablets a day . |
| 24 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 25 | It 's been a hectic schedule , because for the last 20 years I 've been playing about 300 gigs a year , including trips to the Northern Territories and the South West . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ My parents died when I was a baby , you know , and for the last three years I 've had to work for my food . |
| 27 | I did fucking , I did five years of normal paperwork and plus for the last three years I did double as well cos I got kicked out of french , so I was in metal work like , four hours of metal work every week the last three three years and , cos I was like nine times out of ten I was the only bloke there , the er , the er metal work teacher got on really well , he was showing me all sorts of stuff and I never got to do the actual metal work lesson |
| 28 | For the last few years I have sat on the sidelines watching bolt-protected climbing mushrooming throughout the USA , Europe and , not least , Britain : in quarries , but also , let's be completely truthful , on natural crags . |
| 29 | But it turned out to be an endless task and , as a result , for the last few years I 've been learning phrasings from all kinds of foreign instruments . |
| 30 | Every August or early September for the last few years I have been lucky enough to receive a present of ripe mulberries from a magnificent old tree in the garden of Rainham Hall in Essex . |