Example sentences of "[adj] year [conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My father-in-law was well aware of all this ; it has been going on for some years but he would not do what was necessary to right the situation , that is cut out the loss makers and , perhaps , substitute other lines — stationery , office equipment , videos or any other line compatible with the book trade . ’ |
| 2 | Margaret was in the Air Force for some years but I could n't say what they did for work . |
| 3 | I 'm beginning to be quite confident that we were right , though it will be some years before we can be really certain we 've made the breakthrough . |
| 4 | Though debt-for-equity swaps represent one way for banks to recover part of their developing country debt exposure , they still stand to lose money and look likely to have to wait for some years before they can cash in their equity stakes . |
| 5 | The rate of change in media will continue at this pace for some years and we can take nothing for granted . |
| 6 | Particularly Old Speckled Hen could survive ; they 've only been brewing it there in its present form for 2 years and it would be easy for us to transfer that production to their specifications using Morland 's yeast . |
| 7 | Though he was fortunate to secure the friendship of the ruthless Ras Mikael of Tigre , who at that time dominated Abyssinia , it was three and a half years before he could leave the country . |
| 8 | So you , you could put him into property , erm but erm I do n't know if he 'd been in the U K for the last few years whether he 'd be that keen on commercial property . |
| 9 | If , by any chance , you have a way of passing on messages to Frank ( via the supporters club maybe ) — Im sure all of us wish him the best … and hope to see him back here at Leeds in a few years so he can be 1st choice . |
| 10 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 11 | He likes Elland Road , he 's built up a squad that looks like it could develop into a REAL force over the next few years & he 'd be mad to leave for a job where he has a competition every 2 years/a draw 's a bad result/and nobody likes him ! |
| 12 | we have extremely good erm figure on a reduction in accident over the last few years and I 'd like to erm , I 'd like Councillor to erm to prevail our thanks to the road safety officers |
| 13 | An initial A$2.5 million has been provided this year but it should be increased to A$5 million a year within three years . |
| 14 | ‘ Some guys might knock him because he has n't won in the States this year but I would n't . |
| 15 | It would not be practical to attempt to list all the fund raising activities that have been undertaken so far this year but I would like to pick out some highlights for you . |
| 16 | Brian would n't come , did last year , I mean I do n't know if the kids will come this year but I 'll ask Kim , because the single fact it breaks up the conversation a bit , does n't it , I mean |
| 17 | Er well erm Pearson is always er er rather cautious of these things , but I think have , are , are very cautious and might take the view if things progress as they are er in the second half of this year that we will er take some credit . |
| 18 | It 's predicted for the end of this year that we will be under four percent on our turnover savings . |
| 19 | This deal with Channel Ten will ensure that Campese continues playing Test rugby despite his statements earlier this year that he would step down from international rugby and establish a permanent business base in Italy . |
| 20 | So you would n't agree with Tom Murphy who told Hot Press earlier this year that he would step over the body of a bleeding woman in order to finish a play ? |
| 21 | Portugal announced earlier this year that it would give up to 130,000 passports to people born in Macao before 1981 . |
| 22 | Several older NCT children have started school this year so we sha n't be seeing them at Open Houses now … |
| 23 | On the livestock side Stuart Ashworth warned that beef producers should brace themselves for a cut in the Beef Special Premium ‘ the base for Scotland is 244,000 male animals but there will be at least 300,000 head this year so we can anticipate a cut of somewhere in the region of 20-25 per cent in BSP payments . |
| 24 | Margaret Shepherd , whose cafe in Queen Street has for many years been popular with parties of elderly people , said many handicapped groups had cancelled this year because they could no longer walk straight from the cafe to the seafront . |
| 25 | We recognised through that review that to train all those people to do the work we would have to use the officers specialist inspectors and therefore those specialist inspectors would be carrying out less inspections during this year because they 'd actually be carrying out some training . |
| 26 | We 're lucky this year because we 'll get Miss Gimlett , and she 's quite nice . |
| 27 | But the National Communications Union believes BT will be forced to introduce compulsory redundancies for the first time this year because it will be unable to find enough volunteers . |
| 28 | Instead , for instance , of saying a plant was ‘ biennial ’ , it was explained that you plant the seeds this year and they will flower next year . |
| 29 | Several farms are expected to be offered for sale this year and they will be prime targets for afforestation too , according to Andrew Hepburne-Scott . |
| 30 | Sixty seven of the pleadings bundle which are the further and better particulars this year and you can see that er looking back to page sixty six , what the plaintiffs have been asked to state was to give particulars of the change in financial position which had been outlined to Mr on the telephone and er your Lordship will see first of all that in answer eighty little A , there is a reference to er a letter of the twenty seventh of February nineteen ninety two which was a letter from the plaintiff 's solicitors to the defendant 's solicitors which , this is been incorporating in the front or ought to be in the bible , erm I do n't think it has been but there are copies if I can hand your Lordship it was missed out in error I am sorry . |