Example sentences of "[adj] years she has " in BNC.
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| 1 | In two and a half years she has won over 40 trophies and hundreds of rosettes so do n't despair , Kathy , keep an eye on the condition and just enjoy your horse . |
| 2 | For two and a half years she has received no medical attention and has thus been denied one of the most basic conditions laid down by the United Nations for the detention of prisoners awaiting trial — namely , the right to choose her own doctor . |
| 3 | During the past few years she has been forced to endure : — A break-in at her home and the loss of £5,500 ; — A series of raids on her office which eventually prompted the company to move elsewhere in the town ; — Drunks breaking into the company headquarters to sleep off their drinking binges ; — Car theft and vehicle damage . |
| 4 | For 10 years she has managed her garden , in the suburbs of Leicester , in ways that encourage wildlife . |
| 5 | Irene Schwidurski missed all those , since for many years she has refused to observe the major public holidays of the GDR , 1 May and 7 October , the date the state was founded . |
| 6 | For the past ten years she has been teaching part time at Roedean and between 1987–9 she completed a part time M.A. at Sussex University in Northern Renaissance Studies . |
| 7 | Having lived in Walton for 29 years she has witnessed how much of the cliff has already been lost to the sea . |
| 8 | For the past five years she has devoted herself to the United Nations Children 's Fund and became its ambassador in an effort to help the world 's sick and starving children . |
| 9 | ‘ It is true that in the eighteen years she has been here I have never heard her speak . |
| 10 | For the past two years she has been responsible for the rights department of Hachette 's children 's book imprints in Paris . |
| 11 | ‘ For two years she has carried this burden . |
| 12 | For the past two years she has been Chairman of the ‘ Kent Teachers ’ and has also been a member of the Kent display Team since 1976 . |
| 13 | In recent years she has often taken to using the catalogue just for herself , looking on the agency commission as a personal discount . |
| 14 | In the 19 years she has been working for Durham County Council 's social services the number of rehabilitation officers for the visually impaired has dropped to one . |
| 15 | Over the last seven years she has worked as a manager in the retail industry in Oxford . |