Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] years [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 2 | Women are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as arthritis , osteoporosis ( brittle-bone disease ) and heart attacks in their middle years if they have been leading a sedentary life , sitting slumped in front of the television , losing muscle tone and even bone mass . |
| 3 | Your Committee has purchased an ex G.W.R. coach which some people believe to have run on the BCR in its last years before it went out of use . |
| 4 | Apple Computer Inc chief John Sculley reckons it is essential for the head of a computer company to have a clear grasp of technological directions and acknowledged that it took him several years before he felt confident to take strategic decisions . |
| 5 | As was common at the time , William went straight from school into the merchant navy and he was seldom at home throughout his teenage years as he sailed the oceans of the world , learning the skills of seamanship and navigation . |
| 6 | I 'll give it three years before it starts going downhill again |
| 7 | You know , I mean but this teacher wo n't stand no nonsense and I said to Lee y you were at it three years before you could speak like Carla speaks it ! |
| 8 | Æthelred 's confirmation of the will of Æthelric of Bocking , which is from no later than 999 , says that there was a plan to receive Swegen in Essex when he first came there with a fleet , and that Æthelred was told of Æthelric 's involvement in it many years before he died . |
| 9 | I 'll tell you what two years since I were working at collieries . |