Example sentences of "time [prep] [adj] years [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |
| 2 | It was the fourth rise in German interest rates this year and the first time for several years that they have risen by a full percentage point . |
| 3 | It was the first time in fourteen years that he was travelling alone , his best friend having died of pneumonia only weeks before . |
| 4 | Austen Chamberlain was equally enthusiastic at the time , but later put the occasion into somewhat more critical perspective by saying that it was the only time in fourteen years that he had ever known Baldwin to influence a Cabinet decision . |
| 5 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |