Example sentences of "time [prep] [adj] year [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |
2 | Some time during those years I remember thinking it offensive that all the people ‘ up front ’ in black were male . |
3 | Gorbachev disclosed that " for the first time in recent years we laid quite a strong stress on what our economic relations should be like " , although he failed to provide details on the precise content of the talks . |
4 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
5 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
6 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |
7 | But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be . |