Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.

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1 During 1939–44 he spent several years teaching in North America , at Hartford Seminary and at Fisk University , and he received an honorary DD from Wesley College , Winnipeg .
2 the odds will be such that it 's not worth doing for a , a place , but if you 're betting , I mean forget how much I got last year , but I think it came in about thirty to one or something .
3 D' you know how much she earned last year ? ’
4 Doreen is a great-grandmother in her late 70s who looks 20 years younger .
5 In 1828 he began five years as an apprentice apothecary with the Apothecaries ' Company of London .
6 ‘ I think that certainly helped in preparing me for the jump — after all I had three years to think about it , ’ said Nigel .
7 yeah , makes you I ca n't see what 's good its doing twenty years afterwards , the people had time to think about it and use their memories for twenty years , nineteen seventy-two it happened and they 've just sort of done it .
8 Here , as well as an engine house and other works , is Mandale Sough , a drainage channel one mile long which took twenty-three years to dig .
9 And I would have thought us giving five percent and , and there are other provinces that are giving more will ensure at least the the on twelve thousand we pay next year and therefore , starting with eleven and half thousand we paid this year and that provinces and in ourselves went further than that it is possible .
10 And I would have thought us giving five percent and , and there are other provinces that are giving more will ensure at least the the on twelve thousand we pay next year and therefore , starting with eleven and half thousand we paid this year and that provinces and in ourselves went further than that it is possible .
11 Tin of Quality Street erm , tin of Quality Street , Dundee cake , bottle of Whisky and a bottle of Stones Ginger Wine , all we got last year was a Quality Street and that .
12 After his retirement as secretary of the English Association in 1950 he spent four years in India , encouraging the growth of youth hostels in that country , and subsequently paid two extended visits to Africa for the same purpose .
13 Those who attended last year 's Course will be pleased to know that Jean Parmiter and Lucy Jackson have agreed to staff this year 's Course , and they will be joined by two trainee-trainers , Avon 's own Rosemary Gould and Chris Ruffle from Kent .
14 Those who attended last year will automatically receive an application form with this issue of Medau News — forms for both Courses can be obtained on request from the Office at Epsom ( please enclose s.a.e. ) or from Class Teachers .
15 I 'm sure all of those who attended this year 's rally will join me in a sincere vote of thanks to Mick and Julie Turrell .
16 Those who enjoyed this year 's ‘ Summer Outing ’ thank her for her hospitality .
17 This award was instituted in 1900 in recognition of French firemen who distinguished themselves through their courageous actions ; or those who completed thirty years of irreproachable service .
18 Those who dies last year were held under this provision .
19 In the face of recessionary gloom , Potton 's have just had their two most successful years ; in 1990 they sold 250 units , but those who built that year made the original commitment — such as finding land and seeking planning permission — several years earlier .
20 So far 500 individuals are seeking to become members , compared with the 970 who joined last year , and the 2,572 who joined in 1987 .
21 twenty one months in the sixth form , please do n't think that everybody has two years , erm and those , those
22 will go straight out the window and they wo n't bother with us , a very short time it 's taken five I mean six years to build up the credibility
23 Although there was as yet no sign that the IRA was capable of mounting the sort of offensive which followed four years later , Paisley had no doubt where O'Neill 's reforming policy would lead :
24 Among the millions who die each year through malnutrition there are many children of the Kingdom .
25 Prior to that he had many years ' experience in the trade , as group sales director of Associated Book Publishers and as group marketing director until 1989 of Random House UK .
26 The IVL report was based on a sample of 1,854 students , or one in 14 of the 14,000 who graduated this year .
27 The IVL report was based on a sample of 1,854 students , or one in 14 of the 14,000 who graduated this year .
28 Around 78 per cent were under 45 , and even in Cornwall fewer than 1,000 of the 13,000 who migrated last year were of retirement age .
29 It 's appropriate that this group should undertake such a tribute : Motian himself spent five years ( 1959–64 ) in the late pianist Bill Evans 's trio , while Johnson on bass was in Evans 's ultimate trio with Joe LaBarbera .
30 After all , they 've a new one to learn this year — Ding Ding Merrily on High .
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