Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [adj] year [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 At first it amused me ; after my first year it drove me to distraction ; in my second year I learned to take a novel with me to work and , with a bit of luck , get through it in a two-day shoot .
2 After its first year it had the widest appeal of any soap opera .
3 During her last year she joined the Voluntary Service Unit and visited an old lady in Sevenoaks once a week .
4 At the end of my final year I stood as a sabbatical officer for the Union .
5 Towards the end of my last year I was called by Bishop Knight and asked where I would like to serve .
6 In the midst of his second year he was sent off to the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth , for a crash course in everything Welsh prior to his investiture as Prince of Wales in the summer of 1969 .
7 By the end of his first year he 'll be light-haired , but it will change again so that in maturity he 'll be quite definitely dark .
8 Then at the end of his third year it all went wrong .
9 As the JMU random visit programme goes into its second year we need to find better ways of isolating the representative results from those of the reactive , com-plaint-led , visits , and learn to interpret them statistically to build up a reliable picture of the auditing profession , its strengths and weaknesses .
10 Our Development Steering Group met in April and because we were by then well into our financial year it was decided that with an all out effort on everyone 's part we should be able to raise the £8000 for 1988 .
11 This has happened before and no matter what people say I think in my second year we were about 16th or 17th . ’
12 In my second year I did n't do very much work , but I did lots of acting and directing .
13 At first it amused me ; after my first year it drove me to distraction ; in my second year I learned to take a novel with me to work and , with a bit of luck , get through it in a two-day shoot .
14 Well in my second year I coxed one of the women 's university boats against well underneath the famous Sue Brown .
15 My next effort was a ‘ coffee table ’ book on English Sporting Prints , also out of print , and , in my hundredth year I am trying to complete a Catalogue of English Sporting Prints c.1750–1880 , promised twenty years ago .
16 In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe , but I did not try to escape in it .
17 In my third year I learned to adore the man ; he can virtually do what he likes and I 'll still adore him .
18 I have always got up early and even now in my 75th year I can hunt , climb mountains and cover an 8 ‘ ft ‘ by 4 ‘ ft ‘ canvas in one day .
19 As all these , including buddleia , flower in their second year they soon supply more seeds to the young sward .
20 In their third year they will also have the opportunity to combine their chosen subjects in an inter-disciplinary course which will permit them to explore the links between the two .
21 In her first year she had one of those rare teachers who notices children and treats each one differently .
22 Although in her 94th year it was always a pleasure to visit .
23 In her last year she shared a flat with a 70-year-old mother-of-seven from Wales , who was doing history finals .
24 In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train .
25 In its first year it had provided funding totalling ECU621,000,000 for 20 projects in central and eastern Europe , for which an overall total of ECU2,100 million of investment was made ( ECU1=US$1.24065 as at March 30 , 1992 ) .
26 In its first year it provided training opportunities for more than 4,500 people and invested in a wide range of small and medium-sized businesses .
27 Within his first year he was implementing cuts of twenty million pounds .
28 In his final year he took the part of Hotspur in the school production of Henry IV Part 1 and had the audience cheering at his rabble-rousing speeches .
29 In his second year he was already marking the Greek essays of first-year students and giving them some classes , in order to raise money .
30 In his second year it dawned on him that he and his friends were the cleverest young men in the world .
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