Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adj] year i " in BNC.

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1 At the end of my final year I stood as a sabbatical officer for the Union .
2 Towards the end of my last year I was called by Bishop Knight and asked where I would like to serve .
3 Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got .
4 Although to someone of your tender years I suppose I do seem quite old and decrepit . ’
5 But it was as I got into my teenaged years I began to get bored with my walk on roles , sitting around for hours waiting to go on with make-up and costumes on was no fun any more , but I was far too young to do anything else but walk on say a few lines and walk off again .
6 ‘ Even when I decided to go back with him last year I found out again how stubborn he could be , but now everything 's changed for the better . ’
7 In my second year I did n't do very much work , but I did lots of acting and directing .
8 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 .
9 Well in my second year I coxed one of the women 's university boats against well underneath the famous Sue Brown .
10 In my early years I did n't differentiate between one kind of science and another .
11 In my nineteen years I 've had three women , a nervous breakdown and some poor education .
12 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 .
13 In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe , but I did not try to escape in it .
14 In my third year I learned to adore the man ; he can virtually do what he likes and I 'll still adore him .
15 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 .
16 In my report to you last year I attempted to answer the question ‘ What is Wood Group 's culture and the secret of our success ? ’
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