Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
| 2 | But I 'm not sure that 's right I just , I mean I spent three years |
| 3 | So the third man goes I want ten years ' supply of cigarettes . |
| 4 | I 'm originally from 80 Km north of there — a wee place called Castlebar and before you start slagging off Mayo footballers , I 'd better let you know I know this year 's hurling result ! ! ! |
| 5 | So the first opportunity I had I left Bradley 's and went back to the Lock so it 'd been war direction , war service we asked and it counted as me service with the Lock , that I had n't interrupted me service being as I was directed so that 's how I say I had fifty years at the Lock . |
| 6 | You let me stay last year . |
| 7 | Well we 're going to mum 's but Geoff said well I I hate them cos Bobby and Pam are going I think this year he said well if I get fed up doing that evening he said I 'll come home early . |
| 8 | I woke up and opened my eyes and there were fuzzy patches , just like I had eight years ago … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it then I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . |
| 11 | Well I know I went four years running |
| 12 | And certainly you know I mean Yona 's list now of support for this next rally we 've got on March the first is huge I mean it 's sort of and that 's not gon na go away is it you know I mean next year I do n't know what we 're gon na be up to but hopefully we 'll be supporting somebody else in their er struggle for fair play and that network will obviously come into play you know I mean I 've we 've been South Wales have said , Oh you know these are all our contacts you know some of the women in South Wales and in Deeside they 've said these are all our contacts and these are the people that were good and did the work and got the leaflets out and brought the money in you know and it 's as simple as that really you know . |
| 13 | Er I think I had two years in the Home Guard . |
| 14 | Do I want two year old triplets at fifty three ? |
| 15 | One of his specialities is a droning refrain , performed I think some years ago on one of those Saturday morning comedy-pop-and-hobbies programmes for children , in which a long-haired tennis-player with a head band gives out with his sporting autobiography . |
| 16 | They 'd write a poem for her about my greatest fear , I said I remember last year there was a boy called Ali and he wrote a story about a poem about this bird and cos he was really scared of that and so I said I do n't suppose any of you will write about being scared of me except perhaps Adine ! |
| 17 | What have I got this year though ? |