Example sentences of "[adj] years [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as soon as the n the kid Nicky hits teenage years then he wants to be called Nick , whereas if the girl 's been christened Nicola and she 's called Nicky through her childhood , when she hits teens she 's still called Nicky . |
| 2 | During his remaining years here he continued to be active as a Justice of the Peace . |
| 3 | actually but Well when we came in forty odd forty odd years ago it was twenty three and six a week . |
| 4 | If such knowledge and techniques were readily available in pre-war years then it is obvious that the same techniques were known about and used during the inter-war years . |
| 5 | An ‘ undred years ago they would ‘ ave ‘ anged me on the spot or sent me off to Australia , so I ca n't complain . |
| 6 | A few short years ago he stood unrivalled as the best player in the country , but a series of niggling injuries left him kicking his heels in frustration . |
| 7 | government , it it 's various years so I hate to sort of say , ah well council taxes cuts will be a bit lower er with the conservatives going to be an argument which is but halfway to equal counties so I think we can sort of discount really what the conservatives say but I will say the liberal democrats are to be . |
| 8 | They 've always been other years so I presume that |