Example sentences of "[det] years [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it 's quite regular I know , but some years you just ca n't see it very well . |
| 2 | She points out that after battling against the booze for some years it only took a short relapse to destroy much of what she 'd worked for . |
| 3 | During the next three and a half years I often thought of this meal and of the amount I had to leave on my plate because I could not eat any more . |
| 4 | I would hope over the next few years we actually do move towards increasing towards that but I think we will have some severe difficulties , particularly with the planning department where large numbers of members of the public do visit the area . |
| 5 | During these years she also held the British record for endurance swimming , extending it from 26 hrs. in January 1930 to 44 hrs. 30 min. by the end of the year , then to 45 hrs. in 1931 , and finally to 46 hrs. in 1932 . |
| 6 | After all these years she still could n't resist a feeling of pride when she said that to a total stranger . |
| 7 | In these years he often changed his address in the East End of London . |
| 8 | But after all these years I still remember the Krooms . |
| 9 | After all these years I still enjoyed playing this game . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's funny that after all these years I still have n't forgotten what I 've been taught — so it must have been money well spent . ’ |
| 11 | Even after all these years it still carries an authentic medieval flavour . |
| 12 | For many years we rarely saw any wild-caught Cichlasoma , but this is no longer the case . |
| 13 | When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other . |
| 14 | For many years I never had a proper studio , just a room in the house , and , of course , I never work on the spot . |
| 15 | He moved to London , where for many years he regularly preached in a chapel in Bayswater . |