Example sentences of "past three years " in BNC.

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1 Many of the 26,500 names would therefore love to follow the 6,000 who have already shaken the dust of Lloyd 's from their feet these past three years .
2 As a result , she had been able to put away a few shillings every week , and over these past three years the shillings had mounted until now the bag of coins which she kept hidden under the bedroom floorboards had swollen to a tidy sum .
3 These past three years he had grown sullen and morose , keeping himself at a distance , always watching her , silently blaming her for Maisie 's tragic death .
4 Some of you may have heard the rumour that my husband Malcolm and I have spent the majority of our spare time these past three years beavering away in our garage .
5 ‘ A little thing could have set him on his way any time these past three years , and it would have had the same ending . ’
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