Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During adolescent years when we face the responsibilities of adulthood and the prospect of choosing a career and making a living in the world . |
| 2 | His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York . |
| 3 | After five years when it seems it has been written , rewritten , proof read etc , I have now run out of answers . |
| 4 | His study was interrupted after two years when he was posted abroad and he rejoined OU three years ago . |
| 5 | But as I say he was the most conscientious removal man and after two years when he came in he was so upset . |
| 6 | Ed Stafford , 37 , had bee married for six years when he divorced in 1982 . |
| 7 | He himself had been an American citizen for twenty-eight years when he replied otherwise to the adjutant 's inquiry . |
| 8 | Leonard Coote , President has a record of service to the Association extending back in excess of 30 years when he was first elected a branch representative . |
| 9 | In fact he had only been away from the town for one period of six years when he was at university in Aberdeen . |
| 10 | KONICA Rejects got their hands on the Glaslyn Cup competed for at Porthmadog after a break of 16 years when they beat Harry 's Bluebirds in a penalty shoot-out in a dramatic final . |
| 11 | Consequently , the sample group had been using heroin for an average of five years when they were interviewed . |
| 12 | Before the right hon. Gentleman issues a denial , will he confirm that before the previous election the Tories said that they would continue to pay child benefit as before — only to freeze it immediately for three years when they took office ? |
| 13 | I was in one home for three years when I was at junior school . |
| 14 | made what was to be the last club trip out of Britain for many years when they travelled to Dublin , and played a football match on Easter Monday . |
| 15 | Broomfield and Alexander , a seven partner firm based in south Wales , had been the club 's auditors for many years when it hit financial difficulties . |
| 16 | Arthur Skyrne was 59 and had been on the dole for ten years when he joined Roseberry ; now he is site safety officer and one of the directors of the company . |
| 17 | Eventually we settled for a base at Ardrossan which was not too bad in later years when we had acquired much faster cutters . |
| 18 | In later years when they were reduced to penury , she displayed great moral heroism in preserving intact the framework of a family and a household , which alone enabled her husband to continue his work . |
| 19 | Mike Mahoney , Newcastle 's director of rugby , set the target of promotion to Division One in three years when he moved into the Kingston Park hot seat . |
| 20 | This , of course , was exactly what the heroines of women 's magazine stories felt in those years when they decided to chuck New York and go home to marry Henry . |
| 21 | Gloucester18 Bath27 BATH reached the final of the cup for the seventh time in nine years when they scored two tries in the last five minutes of extra-time at Kingsholm and Stuart Barnes converted both of them from the touchline . |
| 22 | SCOTLAND will bid to lift their third Triple Crown in nine years when they travel to Twickenham on Saturday week with the same line-up which did them proud in the 20-0 victory over Wales . |
| 23 | ‘ I did eight years ’ work in four years when I came . ’ |
| 24 | I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion . |
| 25 | On Saturday night at Manchester 's G-Mex Centre , Eubank , who modestly styles himself ‘ Simply the Best ’ , faces his 10th world title fight in two years when he tackles Juan Carlos Gimenez in a fourth defence of his WBO super-middleweight title since February and one he can not afford to lose . |
| 26 | In subsequent years when you prepare your gains and losses bar charts you will then have objective data on which to evaluate the effectiveness of your plans . |
| 27 | I 'd been officially blind for five years when I met Pete at the Guide Dog Centre in Wokingham , Berkshire , ’ Andrew Miles explained . |
| 28 | ‘ I could go to see Lewis Watts , he was my dad 's apprentice for five years when I was a little sprout like you just learning the trade . |
| 29 | In 1551 , Bishop Scory leased the Manor and its lands to Robert Deane , for 99 years when they passed at his death to his daughter Sylvestre , then ultimately to the family of Dalison , who who maintained their interest in them until the present century , or at least certain land . |
| 30 | The study found that the number of passengers on the buses had increased by 3 per cent over 10 years when it might be expected to have declined by 25 per cent , because of changes in population , employment and the rise in car ownership . |