Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] year [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having admired his free verse for some years I had recently ploughed through his somewhat monumental work , the first two volumes of ‘ Abraham Lincoln — The Prairie Years ’ and enjoyed it . |
| 2 | As a result of our extensive review of the design and build business in the early part of last year we have reinforced our operational and management capabilities in this area with the appointment of a number of experienced design and build professionals . |
| 3 | In the early part of this year I , along with the relevant Group director , visited the majority of Wood Group companies to report on progress and our future plans . |
| 4 | Personally , from a personal view during those years I was erm going for a neutral stance on the conflict because it did n't help any cause and it only hurt and harmed the peoples of both Iraq and Iran . |
| 5 | Though dogged by ill health in later years he was still able to work in his particularly single-minded way , largely because of the devotion of his wife Mitzi whom he met during the war , while serving with the Royal Engineers . |
| 6 | After suffering bulimia for 15 years she sought help because her children were beginning to comment on her abnormal eating habits . |
| 7 | He was involved in the most important questions of policy — negotiations for the marriage of royal children : Eleanor in 1170 and John in 1173 But in view of Eleanor of Aquitaine 's masterful political activity in later years it seems superfluous to look for a power behind the throne . |
| 8 | He had the roads to Ruthyn and Denbigh under his eye from this eyrie , and Mold was not too far for a raid if the weather and the omens were good ; but since his active autumn of last year he had contented himself with holding and consolidating , and swooped down in the occasional raid along the border only to keep his hand in for greater things if the season should indicate the necessity . |