Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean for thirty years we feel like brothers and sisters with them , and it is unfortunate that Saddam Hussein has turned it all now against everybody . |
| 2 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |
| 3 | Returning after thirty years I saw the country with a fresh eye . |
| 4 | another mistake in the film was to suggest that in a a short franchise , say of seven years they would need a great deal of working capital , but they wo n't need a great deal of working capital or or share capital , they will actually be running a business where they get subsidy , because if er they 're involving socially necessary lines , like commuter lines , or or rural lines , then we 've made it very clear er that the taxpayers subsidy will continue , because these are loss making businesses , they will be bid they will bid for subsidy , and they will continue to get that subsidy , so they will have the flow of whatever income they can increase , in the passenger franchise , plus the subsidy , plus , and this is a very important point in what we 're doing in the restructuring of British Rail , you see , nobody up till now has said that British Rail is perfect , everyone acknowledges that there are big improvements to be made , the way we 're structuring it will get those improvements because the smaller franchises , not the great big monolithic nationalized industry , the smaller units , ha will be able to identify much more clearly where they can make the savings and where they can increase the revenue . |
| 5 | He says in 20 years he 's not known a similar accident . |
| 6 | Erm but of course if you die within seven years it could indeed be added back into your estate so I think that they also build a certain amount of life insurance against that and essentially what you do is you you One of the schemes is you pay insurance against the amount of the tax bill seven years . |
| 7 | So you go into the guy you sell it to him and then you 've lost you 've got for two years you can do nothing with that person . |
| 8 | The trapdoors which covered the original apertures and which had been closed for thirty years he managed to get open with the aid of a tool , a screwdriver from the appearance of the marks . |
| 9 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 10 | did n't understand for two years I mean told the regulator |
| 11 | He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity . |
| 12 | Yeah I worked for fives years I 've plenty of practice |
| 13 | Cos if your washing machine machine lasts for thirty years they 'd go out of business would n't they ? |
| 14 | That I wanted to come from school but they would n't all ow me to come from school because me father had signed for four years you see . |
| 15 | If , however , they show no sign of ability to make contact or to learn by five years they are placed in a special school , welfare institution or returned to family surroundings . |
| 16 | Although the office of Keeper of the Registers and Records has not existed for twenty-seven years we still receive mail in the Register House addressed to that official , as well as mail addressed to the wrong Keeper . |
| 17 | And if you volunteered for five years I know you got fifty pound for that which was a hell of a lot of money , a year 's wage in some peoples ' eyes that was you know . |
| 18 | 49 Miss Havisham regrets her ‘ training ’ of Estella and when Pip returns from abroad where he was working for 11 years he finds Estella much changed from her unhappy marriage to the spider . |
| 19 | But if you 're like me moving to a , a house that 's been established for some years you 'll probably find there 's only a minimum of power points because let's face it over the years the use of electrical apparatus have become more and more has n't it ? |
| 20 | The one we see with five years I said to Bet well it 's bloody cheaper than the one she 's , anyway I I I had enough money on my er thing so |
| 21 | Before looking at the way in which the sector has changed in recent years we examine the role of the Bank of England . |