Example sentences of "in [num] years [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers . |
| 2 | But on the other hand I get $1000 a month tax free for five months every year , and so far in three years I have n't touched a cent of the money . |
| 3 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |
| 4 | In twenty-five years he had not been ‘ ten times in a tavern , eight times in a coffee house ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 7 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 8 | ‘ In 15 years I 've never been injured . |
| 9 | In seven years I had as many new cars , each one more highly powered and larger than the last . |