Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] years [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so for forty long weary years they wander around as nomads in a wilderness ! |
| 2 | I 've been down here for bloody nine years I 've missed it a bit |
| 3 | And in the past few years we 've had to go into clearing as most other universities would do . |
| 4 | During the past few years we have been almost suffocated under a pile of reminiscences . |
| 5 | In the past few years we have seen conservatories grow in popularity . |
| 6 | Over the past few years we have been working on such an account , and in this paper we focus on the implications of this account for a central tenet of the mental models approach : that the mental model of the text so far provides ( part of the context for the interpretation of the current sentence or clause . |
| 7 | Even so , during the past few years we have seen some large stores opening on Sundays , in apparent defiance of the law . |
| 8 | Over the past few years we have created a substantial oil and gas exploration and production company through a combination of exploration , development and acquisition . |
| 9 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 10 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 11 | Secretary Gordon Dixon explained : ‘ Over the past few years we have given cheques to various charities including Childen in Need and this year it was decided to send the proceeds of our charity drive to the Darlington and District Hospice . |
| 12 | In the past few years they have done such a great job in establishing a platform to build on . ’ |
| 13 | In the past few years I have been involved in a Seminar for senior administrators from the Third World studying at British Universities A group of 25 or 30 is gathered each year at Plockton in Wester Ross by the British Council , the ODA and the Highland Board . |
| 14 | During the past few years I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of RAF students each summer from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham . |
| 15 | ‘ For the past few years I have built my life around rugby and I am happy to go on doing that until I ca n't go any further in the game ’ , he said . |
| 16 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 17 | In the past few years I have been amazed at the transformation of the zoo , to a very modern , progressive and caring institution . |
| 18 | If we look at the development of computers over the past 30 years we see accelerated change of a phenomenal nature . |
| 19 | For the past six years they 've spent time perfecting the revolutionary 3.6 litre , 32 valve , V8 engine . |
| 20 | I 'm 63 and for the past six years I have been taking two tablets each day for myxoedema of the thyroid . |
| 21 | For the past 10 years we 've been working on synthesising the chemical ; now we 're trying to see if the European Yew will provide the starter material for producing anti-cancer activity . |
| 22 | Over the past 10 years we have already come from a situation where road runners were getting virtually nothing from the sport , to a far more respected and well-provided role . ’ |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Over the past 10 years we have been striving hard to maintain the numbers of part-time firefighters which are needed for this vital community service . ’ |
| 24 | In the past three years they have spent £1m transforming the former run-down pub on the banks of the River Severn into an attractive 34-bedroom hotel with restaurant and conference facilities . |
| 25 | Over the past three years they have turned one of the most dishonourable Soviet professions into something worthy of admiration . |
| 26 | In oil services , in the future there could be further major acquisitions but er , over the past three years we 've er , undertaken a whole series of acquisitions and er , and for the moment I would n't see anything er , in the , in the major line there , although you never know if some , even sometimes opportunities you are n't capable of creating erm , er , because the er , situation is not right er , do occur and I would n't rule it out but erm , er , we have n't erm any major acquisition er , on , on , on the carpet there at the moment . |
| 27 | In the past three years we 've adopted a three percent turnover . |
| 28 | It is perhaps worth pointing out that in the past three years we have spent some £350 million on the poorer pensioners . |
| 29 | ‘ In the past three years we have provided NSF with $600 million for the high-performance computing initiative ’ , says Kevin Kelly , an aide to Senator Barbara Mikulski ( Democrat , Maryland ) , who is chair of the appropriations subcommittee that controls the budgets of NSF , NASA , the Environmental Protection Agency and several other agencies . |
| 30 | ‘ For the past three years I 've been a respectable married man , young lady . |