Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd had that years , it really bugged me . |
| 2 | I had picked for this exercise a place that I had visited many years before. , but to which I had never returned . |
| 3 | I had hoped this year to be able to report a turn round and some substantial progress towards our target of achieving a nil deficit for the financial year nineteen ninety-one ninety-two . |
| 4 | I drew a peg in the bend which I had drawn some years before and knew there were a few fish there and decided on one rig only — the pole . |
| 5 | I had spent many years teaching the EFATO to PPL students , but this was different . |
| 6 | Pat , Gabriel and I had spent some years unpicking these variables , but if I wanted to study the cellular events occurring in the minutes after the behavioural stimulus had ceased and representing distinct stages in memory formation , then imprinting would n't be the model of choice . |
| 7 | Having reluctantly signed books and had his picture taken , John Peel , Radio 1 stalwart and musical mentor , shrugs off the attention with characteristic modesty and remarks , ‘ I bet they could n't name one record I 've played this year . ’ |
| 8 | Having reluctantly signed books and had his picture taken , John Peel , Radio 1 stalwart and musical mentor , shrugs off the attention with characteristic modesty and remarks , ‘ I bet they could n't name one record I 've played this year . ’ |
| 9 | Ballesteros described his 66 yesterday as ‘ the best round I 've played this year ’ . |
| 10 | THIS was one of the funniest films I 've seen this year . |
| 11 | THE bleakest film I 've seen this year has to be Rush ( Warner , 18 out Nov 11 ) . |
| 12 | Reviewed last week as the flip to the Maniac Street Preachers ' ‘ Theme From MASH ’ , but here again so that I can say it 's one of the best records I 've heard all year . |
| 13 | Here I go : it 's one of the best records I 've heard all year . |
| 14 | And that 's what I 've bought this year . |
| 15 | You know , they , they yes , yes they go to the Madechie shops and Athena or whatever and there looking at the best , and you ca n't afford it See Maryann and Richard are given up on erm buying Christmas presents because she says your buying things for people they do n't really want , everybody , therefore I think tokeny things are the best , and that 's what I 've bought this year . |
| 16 | I 've got this year it 's all accounted for , I ca n't take anything out of it |
| 17 | My personal preference is for Michelin as I have had many years and miles of trouble free use from them . |
| 18 | I have not been kind to my back ; I had accidents when I was a boy , tree-climbing and biking , and I have spent many years skiing . |
| 19 | I have returned this year after a two and a half year break ) to a 100% improvement within your magazine — correction my magazine . |
| 20 | As he says of himself at that juncture in his career , his quitting in Monaco was ‘ the climax to a situation which had existed all year , stemming … basically from a lack of interest and enthusiasm ’ . |
| 21 | So what does 1991 hold for the man who has survived several years of mental agony and still found the strength to come smiling through ? |
| 22 | ‘ It is with a feeling of surprise and wonder , even of awe , that humans become aware of a great intelligence living in the sea ; of marine mammals with a perception greater than that of other animals , more akin to our own , ’ says New Zealander Frank Robson , who has spent many years working with dolphins both in captivity and in the wild . |
| 23 | According to Koen Van Waerebeek , who has spent many years studying the dolphin hunt , hardly anyone in Peru is aware of the true nature of chancho marino . |
| 24 | WE WERE a small group : Soeriaatmadja , the head of Indonesia 's Elephant Task Force , Graham Child , the director of Zimbabwe 's National Park Service , Iain Douglas-Hamilton , who has spent many years observing elephants in East Africa , and me . |
| 25 | Ms Anderson , who has spent many years living and working in London and Washington , was visiting Torquay for the BA Conference . |
| 26 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 27 | There is a professionally qualified Staff of three in the Learning Support Department , , who has had many years of experience here at Heriot 's , both in the Junior School and in Learning Support ; ; who has more recently joined us after several years experience in Learning Support in other schools ; and who , as Head of Department and an experienced educational psychologist , is responsible for the assessment of our pupils and for the planning of their programmes within the Department . |
| 28 | Today 's readings are taken from a book called A Cup of Water written by Janet Lacey who has devoted many years of her life to working for Christian Aid . |
| 29 | Seles , who has reached the final in 13 of 14 tournaments she has played this year , now faces the winner of the match between America 's Mary Joe Fernandez and Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia . |
| 30 | If she 'd waited another year she would have garnered twice the price , as the yuppie age was dawning , but unfortunately for herself and her family , Jane had no financial sense whatsoever , except , thanks perhaps to her Scottish ancestry , she always spent as little as possible . |