Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] years we " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pattern of press reporting of rape trials is quite different in 1985 from the previous years we had studied — 1951 , 1961 , 1971 and 1978 . |
| 2 | Because of our experience at Scone Park and in many other projects in the twelve years we have been working with young offenders , we , along with the other children 's charities , oppose the government 's proposals on persistent young offenders . |
| 3 | Th in the coming years we will make budget provisions for cameras and the hardware at the site will be provided for by . |
| 4 | In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water . |
| 5 | I went out half a dozen times in the three years we were married . |
| 6 | We had changed a lot over the four years we 'd been together . |
| 7 | We are still passionately committed to our work in Africa , where over the past years we 've made 282 grants in 29 countries in support of both long term development and emergency work . |
| 8 | Over the past years we 've made well over 1000 grants to organisations all over the UK , some probably just round the corner from you . |