Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] years they " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my former patients , whose ex-husband had spent their entire marriage telling her that she was ‘ stupid ’ or ‘ brainless ’ , told me that , although she knew perfectly well that this was not true , by the time she had heard it said every day for the twelve years they had been together she had begun to believe that there must be something in it . |
| 2 | During the 18 years they had lived in Sion House in Tunbridge Wells they had grown accustomed to its neo-classical spaciousness , but since two of their four children had married and left home it made sense to move to somewhere smaller . |
| 3 | He believes in his heart that Daisy has loved him during the many years they have not seen each other but he has pined over her . |
| 4 | This was despite the fact that probably the most influential piece of evidence they received during the three years they sat , the Church of England Moral Welfare Council 's ( CEMWC ) updated report , Sexual Offenders and Social Punishment , recommended a universal age of consent of 17 . |
| 5 | In other words , I C I , Ingaselectric , A E I , all the big firms , all the er coal mines , all the British Rail , well British Rail in those days , and these large firms trained large numbers of apprentices and then after the five years they tipped you out , I 'm sorry I 'm going back a long while , into what they call an improver status and then you could either come back to the firm or you could go , stay where you were . |
| 6 | After a few years they may find that not enough of their nature is being fulfilled . |
| 7 | The Japanese community who live on the reef have been awarded the Peter Scott Merit Award in recognition of the 11 years they have spent fighting the development . |
| 8 | So you 're not bothered if at the end of the two years they have n't even |
| 9 | Abie Klugman had long grown used to the taunt — it was Aronson 's stock joke for all of the ten years they had been lodging with Mrs Neumann , and he no longer minded it . |
| 10 | These little shrubs are also known as ‘ hedgehog ’ hollies , and probably have been for all of the 300 years they have been grown in gardens . |
| 11 | In well under the two years they had allowed themselves , the appeal had a total of £54 million with a further £30 million promised by the government . |
| 12 | First-timers in their millions were backing the saxophone-playing candidate from the baby-boom years they could identify with . |
| 13 | But I must say , in the five years they were together I 've never seen Sarah so happy and contented . |
| 14 | In the four years they had been separated , she had seen her husband only twice , and both times had been quite by chance . |
| 15 | In the early years they manufactured and supplied both hand and machine knitting yarns in natural fibres , principally wool and mohair . |
| 16 | In the 16 years they have lived here , the kitchen has had three transformations , all carried out by John . |
| 17 | Above : The Saunders ' kitchen has had three different looks in the 16 years they have lived here , each created by John , an architectural interior engineer . |
| 18 | In the two years they had been operating , Stephen had taught her never to lose her temper with the guests , however unreasonable , but to try to win them over . |
| 19 | In the two years they 've been married they have only had one day together . |
| 20 | In the twenty years they 've been here , they 've clearly thrived . |
| 21 | In the subsequent years they have appeared in losing finals against Tyrone 1984 , Derry 1987 and Donegal 1990 . |
| 22 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 23 | They can look back on the last years they spent together as some of the best in their whole lives . |