Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] these years " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Goldberg , in his pad : Dear Harsnet , it may surprise you to hear that after all these years I am finally at work transcribing the notes you entrusted to me so many years ago , with a view to eventually publishing them . |
| 2 | After all these years of knowing Lucy , too ! |
| 3 | So now after all these years we are taking He Pito Whakaatu i Te Noho a Te Maori i Te Awa o Whanganui ( Scenes of Maori Life on The Whanganui River ) , made in 1921 , back to Koroniti . |
| 4 | I can also listen to a conversation between mining engineers and understand ninety-five per cent of it , even after all these years . |
| 5 | After all these years it 'll be a real house and home again . |
| 6 | For example after their early years in Britain , Sikh women were allowed to go to work but even after all these years of earning a wage they rarely make , or are consulted about , decisions made about money . |
| 7 | Even after all these years it still carries an authentic medieval flavour . |
| 8 | After all these years , a non-family member will have little authority . |
| 9 | Why is it , do you think , that after all these years , the dominant sound around Ali is silence ? |
| 10 | But how would he break the news to Georgina that he 'd let her down after all these years ? |
| 11 | The parting of the ways , I 'm afraid , after all these years . |
| 12 | I suppose I 'm going to miss the old firm after all these years . |
| 13 | ‘ Now if you 'd like me to tell you what I really think of United Motors after all these years , I 'll do so . ’ |
| 14 | I know that the organisational change has come as a shock to you , as it has for me , but we want to part company after all these years , on the best and friendliest of terms . |
| 15 | But they just exhausted themselves after all these years — and I was in the right place at the right time , so they all settled on me to direct it . |
| 16 | He knew better than to offer help , after all these years . |
| 17 | ‘ After all these years you 'd think he 'd be careful . ’ |
| 18 | But would you agree now , after all these years , to let me display the work if I merely credit it to ED and DE ? ’ |
| 19 | After all these years of minding a child he would enjoy some intellectual companionship . |
| 20 | Barker 's poetry , however , is largely of a different order : rebellious , mad , hortatory , and still singing after all these years . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a terrible shame that , after all these years of feminism , women should be back in the place where they are regarded as expendable . |
| 22 | But the furore is certain to bump up Rogan 's sales among Smiths fan who — even after all these years — are still pining for the last great rock band . |
| 23 | He did after all find Ash fascinating , even after all these years . |
| 24 | I want help to discover the real me after all these years . ’ |
| 25 | to go by , after all these years ? |
| 26 | But after all these years I still remember the Krooms . |
| 27 | It felt really good to see her again , and I was touched that , after all these years , she had remembered me . |
| 28 | Again , they were worried they would n't get the same voice , after all these years . |
| 29 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
| 30 | After all these years I still enjoyed playing this game . |