Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] years [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say the stage is a respectable profession nowadays , well maybe it is , but I ca n't think it 's changed all that much in the five years since I left . |
| 2 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
| 3 | Pakistan also have strong support from ex-Test stars from other countries such as Australia 's respected former captain , Richie Benaud , who says : ‘ On the opening day of the final Cornhill Test I was privileged to witness some of the finest swing bowling in the 44 years that I 've been in the game . |
| 4 | Software has improved dramatically in the six years since I bought the old computer and this one is faster and easier to use . |
| 5 | I 've never had a contract of employment in the six years that I 've been there but erm less than forty eight hours after all this happened every employee was issued with a contract of employment . |
| 6 | In the fifteen years that I have been giving lectures on sleep and dreaming to many groups of sixth-formers as well as undergraduate students , I have , in fact , only once had a single positive response to this question . |
| 7 | They had made the transition to college ‘ inhabitants ’ in the two years since I had left the borough . |
| 8 | In the nineteen years that I have been in Parliament , I can not think of anyone , save for Enoch Powell , who has been a more powerful advocate of liberal economics than John Biffen . |
| 9 | ‘ They are a breed that will enjoy a long walk and they are excellent car travellers — in the 34 years that I have owned them I have never known one to be car sick , ’ she added . |
| 10 | In the 30-plus years since I started my CIT life as a student , I have found the many local and national meetings and lectures to have been a valuable way of giving and receiving information and help . |
| 11 | Despite a growing influx of visitors , it has changed very little in the forty years since I first saw it , remaining unspoiled and unsophisticated . |