Example sentences of "in the [adj] few year i " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
2 | In the past few years I have been involved in a Seminar for senior administrators from the Third World studying at British Universities A group of 25 or 30 is gathered each year at Plockton in Wester Ross by the British Council , the ODA and the Highland Board . |
3 | In the past few years I have been amazed at the transformation of the zoo , to a very modern , progressive and caring institution . |
4 | In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream . |
5 | Ideally I would like to work part-time , and have written to you as in the last few years I have seen part-time posts advertised at Prentice 's . |
6 | Generally my fish are too healthy to require treatment , but in the last few years I have been able to buy fish as they arrive in the country ( usually via the large fish shows . ) |
7 | I 've knocked about a bit in the last few years I suppose , but I was always restless until I came to a very ordinary house in a rather dingy London suburb , where there was a large and interesting family who had been in the same place for a long time . |
8 | I think , you know , in the last few years I 've really I think it is changing . |