Example sentences of "[prep] [num] years i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For eight years I had revelled in the dual careers of journalism and broadcasting , between 1929 and 1937 , and these years coincided with the ‘ boom to bust ’ period , winding up with the deepest depression of the century . |
| 2 | I I was very keen er when I had my daughter erm I was quite happy about it and I I I used them , then after three years I did n't use them . |
| 3 | I was lucky to move on from Manchester City Art Galleries where after seventeen years I ended up as Senior Keeper of Fine Art . |
| 4 | So after four years I thought I 'd survived . |
| 5 | He very quickly became an invaluable member of the organisation and after two years I made him manager . |
| 6 | After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in the university . |
| 7 | After two years I won an Intermediate County Scholarship which brought fifteen pounds a year in addition to free education . |
| 8 | Returning after thirty years I saw the country with a fresh eye . |
| 9 | After seven years I came to the Law Society as Secretary-General . |
| 10 | But for six years I carried his image in my mind , determined that he should somehow be made to pay . |
| 11 | I was subsequently paid to fly by the RAF ; after a lapse of 33 years I returned to the skies five years ago , when I could finally afford a share in a Cherokee which I now fly regularly from Ludham . |
| 12 | For three years I played at will . |
| 13 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 14 | Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this . |
| 15 | The one we see with five years I said to Bet well it 's bloody cheaper than the one she 's , anyway I I I had enough money on my er thing so |
| 16 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |
| 17 | In four years I fostered one ! and I am proud to say that Fr Liam Durrant , our present Vocations Director , came through my hands — should he be successful , would that make me a grandfather ? ! |
| 18 | In fact , within two years I had gone to the other extreme , washing shorts for lads who were old enough to do it for themselves , and baking cakes for the sole purpose of giving them away . |
| 19 | But er within two years I 'd doubled me book and I was averaging over five pound a week , then . |
| 20 | In seven years I had as many new cars , each one more highly powered and larger than the last . |
| 21 | For twelve years I had greatly enjoyed being a guest of some of the members of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers on their championship links of Muirfield on the coast of East Lothian , where once or twice as a boy I had played with my grandfather . |
| 22 | ‘ When the judge sentenced him to five years I felt like shouting out ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Kate Connolly . |
| 23 | For twenty years I had trained my mind that when not preoccupied with washing up , searching the window frames for rotting wood or examining my bank statements , it was to work on plots , characters and the general creation of fiction . |
| 24 | My God , for 15 years I 'd written nothing but a few songs . ’ |
| 25 | For four years I had been planning this journey , and the thought of exploring Aussa and discovering what happened to the Awash had seldom been out of my mind . |
| 26 | ‘ For 14 years I wore the Army uniform … your uniform . |
| 27 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 28 | ‘ For two years I lived with a girl named Susan , who I wrote ‘ Medicine Bottle ’ ( 'Down Colorful Hill ’ 's harrowing stand-out ) about , ’ he says , circuitously explaining the next album . |
| 29 | For two years I worked as a residential officer in old people 's homes in addition to my academic work . |
| 30 | I worked at City Motors and I stayed there for seven years I had quite a few jobs before that but I liked that one . |