Example sentences of "in the [adj] years [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unfortunately , in the five years I have been here Leeds have not won anything but we will . ’ |
| 2 | Currently housed in a 36″ tank and shortly to be installed in a 48″ tank , My Piranha , affectionately known as Igor , has lost none of his brilliantly coloured red belly in the four years I have had it . |
| 3 | In the 27 years I have worked at the airport , sixteen of those in the fire service , I have seen a huge increase in the number of flights . |
| 4 | In the 16 years they have lived here , the kitchen has had three transformations , all carried out by John . |
| 5 | Above : The Saunders ' kitchen has had three different looks in the 16 years they have lived here , each created by John , an architectural interior engineer . |
| 6 | Because of our experience at Scone Park and in many other projects in the twelve years we have been working with young offenders , we , along with the other children 's charities , oppose the government 's proposals on persistent young offenders . |
| 7 | He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies . |
| 8 | He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies . |
| 9 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
| 10 | But then Complicite , in the seven years I have been watching them , have never lost their power to astonish . |
| 11 | I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary , but nothing like this . |
| 12 | In the subsequent years they have appeared in losing finals against Tyrone 1984 , Derry 1987 and Donegal 1990 . |