Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] years she " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the following three years she enjoyed a period of heady social success . |
| 2 | Never in the entire two years she 'd known him had he inspired in her such a hopeless rage of jealousy as she 'd experienced when Guido had looked at that girl . |
| 3 | Lisa might have responded that over the past few years she 'd endured more than her share of character-building challenges . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Her paternal family is opposed to the sect and some years before these events Miss T. had been reunited with her paternal grandmother and her father and for the past two years she had been living in circumstances which would not be approved by the sect . |
| 8 | For the past two years she has been responsible for the rights department of Hachette 's children 's book imprints in Paris . |
| 9 | 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 . |