Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been presents and people who had not bothered with her much during the ten years she had worked there became friendly . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps in a few years I would n't have done . ’ |
| 3 | Linda , has always in the seven years I 've known her , spent fortunes on clothes and make-up as you can see . |
| 4 | In well under the two years they had allowed themselves , the appeal had a total of £54 million with a further £30 million promised by the government . |
| 5 | If , however , a married man had children young enough to keep his wife at home , then during the high-price years he could not have earned enough to support his family without supplementation . |
| 6 | In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were . |
| 7 | Yet within a few years she won the County Bronze and Silver Championships in two successive seasons , almost certainly a unique feat . |
| 8 | John , one of the PPLs at our flying club , had made a beautiful job of building his little Jodel and I had followed his progress closely over the several years it had taken him to complete it . |