Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should think two years , you know , when the restrictions got lifted a bit , so it got better , yeah . |
| 2 | Well if she lasts another year and I 'll last another year , she 'll be older than me wo n't she ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll start next year as favourite and will be racing to win ’ , he declared . |
| 4 | I 'll mention six years to you ! |
| 5 | Yeah I 'll get the next erm I 'll get last year 's questions . |
| 6 | Do n't you worry about that , said Bernie , I 'll have 10 years off him . |
| 7 | I hope I 'll I 'll wait this year . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I showed what I could do last year , given half a chance . |
| 9 | I promised him I 'd go this year though . |
| 10 | In fact I 'd wait four days , I 'd wait four years to watch it on T V it 's so crap . |
| 11 | To 1967 , I 'd add another year , an equivalent point of take-off — 1979 ( punk energy making its first altercations with black dance production , dub and funk , its first trysts with electronics , its first stabs at multi-media performance ) . |
| 12 | At the end of the summer I shall complete two years as the caretaker of Report ( the fulfilment of a verbal obligation I made in August 1968 ) . |
| 13 | I can remember several years ago bringing in a seventeen year old baby sitter to sit with Susannah , and I heard thirty bob . |
| 14 | Because I mean this is just the start of the trust I mean , nothing 'll change next year . |
| 15 | It is here that we do see examples of apparently selfless giving , where the carer 's independent life effectively is suspended for the duration of the caring relationship , which may last many years . |
| 16 | Means ( 1988 ) argues that some authors treat the total group of " pensioners " ( a group which may cover 40 years given the trend to early retirement ) as a " special needs " category . |
| 17 | More and more gliders were being produced all the time and it was quite impracticable to house them all in hangars , so they stood endlessly around the edges of airfields in the rain , waiting for an invasion which might come this year or might come next . |
| 18 | Now ye 'll do five years ’ hard for what ye 've done to Luke ! ’ |
| 19 | The new law will carry a sentence which could average two years in jail , ‘ designed not just to be a deterrent but to instil new respect for the rule of law ’ . |
| 20 | However , in December 1989 , the Irish Supreme Court , following an appeal from SPUC , granted an injunction against USI , prohibiting them from distributing information until the European Court makes its decision , which could take several years . |
| 21 | Councillors are hoping for a settlement without the need for court action but are prepared for a legal battle which could take several years during which time both sides could run up massive costs running into many tens of thousands . |
| 22 | A general degree which would require three years of full-time study should normally require no less than five years and no more than eight years of part-time study . |
| 23 | Volume of Bibliography of Scotland was published in March 1990 ; the next volume , which will cover three years , will be produced on microfiche , with accompanying documentation , in summer 1991 . |
| 24 | Manufacturing processes which employ the very latest technology ensure high quality products which will give many years of reliable service . |
| 25 | Edward VIII , the rise of Hitler , and World War Three which will last three years and seven months and bring about the end of the world . |
| 26 | The European Community has laid down tough standards for water purity which will take many years to achieve in countries like the UK . |
| 27 | As the process proceeds many blood vessels become nipped and the scar tissue changes in colour from red to white which can take many years . |
| 28 | Addison Wesley our American college publisher as Michael mentioned th at the half-way stage their sales were eleven percent ahead of er , last year , and you may remember last year they had record sales and record profits and er they 're forecasting er something like fourteen percent a head by the year end in sales terms and they are expecting to maintain their their margins and last year was a very good margin indeed . |
| 29 | ‘ You should see this year 's model . ’ |
| 30 | In what you might call quiet years . |