Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] years [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are at the lowest point in my 12 years here . |
| 2 | ‘ We are at the lowest point in my 12 years here . |
| 3 | Is it surprising that in respect of foreign affairs this is the most ill-informed House of Commons that I have known in my 30 years here ? |
| 4 | In my early years here , I had a small group of friends from home who were also studying or nursing . |
| 5 | And now that I am inclined to hear time 's winged chariot hovering near , and see deserts of vast eternity not too far ahead , I am determined to make the most of my remaining years both in my secluded garden and on my open-space allotment . |
| 6 | much enjoyed my three years here but |
| 7 | ‘ I spent all my formative years there . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The current side is the best team I 've had in my five years here . |
| 9 | Glyn was a lawyer , a partner in Rushton and Clarke , a firm who had been the family solicitors for several years , since her teenage years when she and her mother had come here and stopped roaming and moving at last . |
| 10 | It seemed long ago that she had left her teenage years behind and faced college and a job with determination . |
| 11 | Although many of these children will be beyond their early years when their parents develop advanced disease , they will require much support and counselling . |
| 12 | In their early years both agencies tended to concentrate on trying to boost employment opportunities by encouraging industries to move into their areas . |
| 13 | Those who have not experienced some type of long-term , warm , trusting relationship in their early years often lack self-confidence and may find it difficult to communicate effectively with other people . |
| 14 | ‘ I think it is a shame that more people are not convinced by the results that care in the community is producing and are not prepared to move over in greater numbers , ’ says Mrs Polson , who was also a sister at Aycliffe Hospital during her 10 years there . |
| 15 | He dumped his beautician wife Jewel for her three years ago — but his relationship with Tessa has now ended . |
| 16 | When interviewed by the Standard in 1982 for the 75th Anniversary Celebrations , Lorna Bloxam recalled her biking years in about 1910 when she was in her early teens and lived by Henley bridge . |
| 17 | Slim , dark-haired Parul has stayed loyal to Courtney throughout their 11 years together , first as his lover , then as his wife . |
| 18 | In their 41 years there , the Kitchings made more impact , as for decades the buildings were known as Kitching 's Corner . |
| 19 | It 's all very well keeping mentally flexible and all the rest of the who-har , but if you , er , my , my mother stopped and said to her many years ago , she said , you do n't look your age , you do n't act your age , you do n't sound your age , you do n't think your age , but you are your age , and this is absolutely true , as you grow older , nothing will stop the fact that your arteries get a little harder , so that , you know , that you get raised blood pressure quite easily if your agitated and you are , for some reason you , you have to puff a lot more , I was reading about this just recently , and these are changes that take place whatever you do , you can exercise , and you can take vitamins and you can keep your weight down , but you age . |
| 20 | Eva had only been at Usher a couple of months and was preparing to go to the International College for Officers ( ICO ) in London on a refresher course after her long years overseas . |
| 21 | And despite the suits , which give them the air of ex-cons , just out from a time-warping jail sentence , they also seem younger than their 50 years apiece . |
| 22 | They took her last baby away from her twelve years ago . |
| 23 | Their first years together were a time of grinding poverty . |
| 24 | He met his wife , Gail Rebuck , now divisional chairman of Hutchinson Books , twenty years ago when they were students at Sussex University , but only married her five years ago on April Fool 's Day . |
| 25 | I did not fully appreciate the extent of their regard until her declining years when the numerous and persistent inquiries about her health , the genuine regrets , the reminiscences of old times , revealed the strength of feeling and loyalty . |
| 26 | Mick and Jerry have had plenty of ups and downs in their 15 years together . |
| 27 | The trip awakened many boyhood memories , and Warnie remarked that they might do worse than spend their declining years there . |
| 28 | His wife , Paulina , recognises him , by his voice , as the man who tortured her 15 years ago while playing the Schubert song of the title ( she was blindfolded and never told his name ) . |
| 29 | At the beginning of the eighteenth century domestic exports accounted for around 7 – 8 per cent of national output , through its middle years perhaps 10 or 12 per cent and at its close peaking around 17 per cent . |
| 30 | Then again , to buy a similar quality player — with 5 or 6 of their best years ahead is SAVING 3.5million Id say . |