Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] year [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For 30 years I always painted on the spot , even in deep snow . |
| 2 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 3 | She points out that after battling against the booze for some years it only took a short relapse to destroy much of what she 'd worked for . |
| 4 | After that year it never neared the peak of 470,000 , which occurred in 1913 . |
| 5 | ‘ If they ca n't get the NHS right after 13 years they never will , ’ he said . |
| 6 | On June 5th of that year he suddenly appeared at Racedown — ‘ he did not keep to the high road , but leaped over a gate and bounded down the pathless field ’ . |
| 7 | Er in November of last year we actually attended fifty five bonfires that got out of hand . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | During these years she also held the British record for endurance swimming , extending it from 26 hrs. in January 1930 to 44 hrs. 30 min. by the end of the year , then to 45 hrs. in 1931 , and finally to 46 hrs. in 1932 . |
| 10 | Although she has lived in England for 17 years she only married her husband , Qi Can Huang , three years ago . |
| 11 | For many years we rarely saw any wild-caught Cichlasoma , but this is no longer the case . |
| 12 | For many years I never had a proper studio , just a room in the house , and , of course , I never work on the spot . |
| 13 | He moved to London , where for many years he regularly preached in a chapel in Bayswater . |
| 14 | When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other . |
| 15 | For twenty-five years he painstakingly amassed evidence to support it . |
| 16 | 1985 was special for me — as one of the National Display Team I took part in the CCPR celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall , and later in that year I successfully completed the Medau Teacher Training Course . |
| 17 | In 1890 he officially attended the installation of the 46th Mayor in his long career and in that year he also attended the unveiling of the Armada Memorial . |
| 18 | In these years he often changed his address in the East End of London . |
| 19 | In five years I never saw Harriet the worse for drink . |
| 20 | The subject turned out to be vast and in one year I barely scratched the surface ! |
| 21 | To the extent that fixed preference dividends are not paid in any year they usually accumulate and are paid out in priority in future years . |
| 22 | For five years he consequently exercised a remarkable monopoly of the national copper market . |
| 23 | At the outset , a ‘ capital repayment holiday ’ of up to two years can be arranged — this means that for two years you only repay interest , reducing pressure on your cashflow . |
| 24 | At the outset , a ‘ capital repayment holiday ’ of up to two years can be arranged — for two years you only repay interest , further reducing pressure on your cashflow . |
| 25 | For two years I never went anywhere without my gun . |
| 26 | If you look back at any year you only get ten or 20 good records and they 're not likely to be all in one week . ’ |
| 27 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |