Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believes in his heart that Daisy has loved him during the many years they have not seen each other but he has pined over her . |
| 2 | During the many years it was to remain at Scampton R5868 was maintained and also given the occasional coat of paint . |
| 3 | After a few years they may find that not enough of their nature is being fulfilled . |
| 4 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 5 | I did n't think that after a few years I would end up doing both ! ’ |
| 6 | After a few years he was able to believe that guilt itself was an indulgence , that he did n't need to suffer it unless he chose . |
| 7 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 8 | In the space of a few years we had Eldon Square in Newcastle , the Cleveland Centre in Middlesbrough , Milburngate in Durham , where you could stroll heedless of weather and traffic . |
| 9 | And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment . |
| 10 | For a few years he was a lecturer in divinity at Hertford College and in 1911 published A Gospel Monogram . |
| 11 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
| 12 | For a few years it would undoubtedly be more expensive to cable Britain with optical-fibre links directly into the home . |
| 13 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 14 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 15 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 16 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 17 | Within a few years we will see the majority of UK companies having smoking policies . ’ |
| 18 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 19 | Within a few years it had 200 local groups , had organized the first London rally against nuclear power ( in 1977 ) , and had effectively intervened in the debate about British nuclear policy . |
| 20 | Within a few years it was the Guns Mill Paper Company . |
| 21 | Within a few years it had evolved into the ASEA , and by 1909 there were seventeen affiliated committees in London and ten in the provinces . |
| 22 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 23 | At an early age he was apprenticed to the lace trade in Nottingham , but in about 1820 moved to Chard in Somerset , a centre of lace-making , and was so successful that within a few years he had established his own business as a manufacturer of bobbins and bobbin carriages . |
| 24 | Merceron 's political career began in 1787 , and within a few years he had became a vestryman , a tax commissioner , and a justice of the peace . |
| 25 | Cavan 's biggest problem is tradition according to Reilly , so much so that if a manager does n't deliver the goods within a few years he 's gone and a new one comes along . |
| 26 | Yet within a few years she won the County Bronze and Silver Championships in two successive seasons , almost certainly a unique feat . |
| 27 | Emma is always asking when we will go back , and our only worry now is that in a few years she will probably be waking us up at dawn on icy mornings , saying : ‘ Shall we go down the black run first ? ’ |
| 28 | In a few years he 'll have developed a big enough ass to occupy my chair . ’ |
| 29 | In a few years I 'd be just like mammy , cleaning for toffs ; and I 'd have weans and it 'd be too late then , and my man 'd be just like daddy was before he died , working a' week and getting drunk on Friday nights and a' day Saturdays . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps in a few years I would n't have done . ’ |