Example sentences of "[adj] years [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was enfeebling , it had killed off his efforts at meditation , and there was something almost sinful in allowing his imagination to feast on these buried years when he considered the present turmoil and growing anarchy engulfing the city that had made him one of its own . |
| 2 | To think that not less than 30 years ago we still had a fiver worthy of the 18th century and felt no need to supplement the revenue by the constant issuing of new postage stamps . |
| 3 | Novae are now believed to be caused by gas spilling from one star to another in a close double-star system , but 30 years ago they were a complete mystery ; only two dozen had been spotted in time for astronomers to study them while they were still erupting . |
| 4 | John Butterworth joined the company as an apprentice 30 years ago he says Westcott has changed beyond all recognition . |
| 5 | Leonard Coote , President has a record of service to the Association extending back in excess of 30 years when he was first elected a branch representative . |
| 6 | He banged it into us very successfully , but singing Mozart 's Requiem 30 years later I found I knew most of it by heart . |
| 7 | Some years ago we lent to a colleague a memory-training book with a very attractive title , which implied that after studying the book the reader would have a superb memory for all occasions . |
| 8 | I think that they are only just getting into their stride on this particular issue , because some years ago we had flooding in Worthing , quite severe flooding , so every application went to the Southern Water Authority and we never got back no , you ca n't develop on that area and it was , it was very difficult . |
| 9 | I told them how some years ago we in Scotland had not co-operated with the media . |
| 10 | On the other side , ‘ some years ago we observed that quite a large proportion of the concentrated acids we sold was diluted by our customers on site and sometimes in rather unsatisfactory conditions ; small companies did n't have facilities to dilute acid safety — it generates a lot of heat . |
| 11 | Some years ago it decided the damage must be repaired , and Derek Owen , a landscape surveyor with the company , who retired recently , was put in charge of that repair . |
| 12 | Some years ago it was handed to the chaplain of the Chelsea Pensioners at a funeral , but the clergyman said he had read it many years before . |
| 13 | Although some years ago it seemed that a new general classification scheme based upon the theory of faceted classification might emerge and be widely adopted , organizational factors have militated against this . |
| 14 | On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice |
| 15 | Some years ago I saw on TV a most splendid series by a marvellous writer called Brian Clark . |
| 16 | Some years ago I saw Sister Gemmell of the Church Army on television . |
| 17 | Some years ago I discussed my beliefs with a learned Professor of Agriculture at a leading university . |
| 18 | SOME YEARS AGO I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp . |
| 19 | I am glad to report that A.agassizii is not one of these species — some years ago I had a male live for four years in hard alkaline water , and a lifespan of three years is quite normal . |
| 20 | Some years ago I worked with a golfer who had achieved a considerable amount of success , winning several amateur trophies . |
| 21 | SOME YEARS AGO I wrote an article for The Artist 's and Illustrator 's Magazine , entitled Painting Naturally . |
| 22 | Some years ago I said to him , ‘ I live on Mikonos now . ’ |
| 23 | SOME YEARS AGO I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp . |
| 24 | Some years ago I learnt this neckband method which I find invaluable . |
| 25 | When some years ago I decided to pay the Life Governor 's subscription the expense was for me a serious cost but was willing to pay it to ensure that I should continue to enjoy the privileges without having to worry about future subscriptions when I had retired from salaried work . |
| 26 | Ever since I won a short-story competition some years ago I 've wanted to write for magazines . |
| 27 | Delegates , some years ago I attended an international energy conference in Geneva . |
| 28 | Some years ago I protested against the latter which , in my view , vitiates nearly all research in the so-called ‘ science ’ of sociology . |
| 29 | Some years ago I was travelling on a train from Liverpool to Southport . |
| 30 | And there 's a book on engine sheds , and er engine sheds , which was published some years ago I think by publishing company , er which gives track plans to help people . |