Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [det] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having enjoyed a remarkable degree of freedom for several years it was now hard to relinquish areas of control . |
| 2 | The problem is , when you have conducted a piece for many years you have a knowledge of the interior musical structures that are closed to most theatre directors . |
| 3 | She points out that after battling against the booze for some years it only took a short relapse to destroy much of what she 'd worked for . |
| 4 | As a woodwork teacher for many years I consider this design to be dangerous because power drills run at a much higher speed than a brace and consequently the feed is too fast for accurate control . |
| 5 | Over a period of many years I had a succession of research students working On the Eocene strata of the Isle of Wight , off the south coast of England . |
| 6 | The cultural formation , at this level , is still alternative , but in the crisis of those years it was both necessarily involved in political activities , with direct and dangerous consequences , and in an overlap between what might in a different period be seen as separate kinds of practice ; as Godwin justly observed in 1794 , ‘ the humble novelist might be shown to be constructively a traitor ’ . |
| 7 | After being responsible for your pet 's welfare for many years you may feel that you are repaying your pet 's love and loyalty by arranging for their death . |
| 8 | I have argued with my district health authority for many years I know that many hon. Members have done the same with theirs — because it has for various reasons shifted the problem of elderly sick people to the private sector . |
| 9 | As clearly as any incident of those years I remember the books which I read . |
| 10 | Having admired his free verse for some years I had recently ploughed through his somewhat monumental work , the first two volumes of ‘ Abraham Lincoln — The Prairie Years ’ and enjoyed it . |
| 11 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 12 | AS a Crusaders supporter for many years I 'm concerned at the lack of a youth policy at Seaview . |
| 13 | Personally , from a personal view during those years I was erm going for a neutral stance on the conflict because it did n't help any cause and it only hurt and harmed the peoples of both Iraq and Iran . |
| 14 | Some time during those years I remember thinking it offensive that all the people ‘ up front ’ in black were male . |