Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | MV I spent four years at university , from 1949 until 1953 . |
| 2 | Wounded at Dunkirk he spent five years as a POW in Germany . |
| 3 | Augmented by their co-religionists through the centuries , often in response to waves of persecution such as the expulsion from Spain which occurred 500 years ago this month . |
| 4 | Thomas Freemantle who died three years before Crewe was probably a Jacobite , and was at least an active high Tory . |
| 5 | In the north of England they have New Year 's Day but they do n't in the south in England , they might do now . |
| 6 | Slow retrieval speed has led to a partial withdrawal of relational database systems in a few organisations as well as the late appearance of commercial relational DBMS which came many years after their research counterparts . |
| 7 | In addition to Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley 's well publicised and controversial statement that elder abuse was not a ‘ major problem ’ is the worrying view from junior health minister Tim Yeo who said last year : ‘ In a very small number of cases the carer can not cope and responds with violence . ’ |
| 8 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 9 | The appeal was set up by her friend , Lady Romsey in memory of her daughter Leonora Knatchbull who died last year at the age of five . |
| 10 | The appeal was started by Prince Charles ' cousin Lord Romsey and his wife Penny in memory of their daughter Leonora Knatchbull who died last year at the age of five . |
| 11 | Pembroke himself spent three years -in captivity , and although he was ransomed in 1375 he died soon afterwards of an illness worsened by the rigours of his imprisonment . |
| 12 | Before he joined Baronsmead he spent several years with a much larger organisation . |
| 13 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 14 | During her 12-year career with BNFL she spent two years as a business manager in Fuel Division 's Commercial Department and this experience should prove invaluable in her new role . |
| 15 | Before joining P&O he spent 31 years at sea and ashore with Union Castle Line . |
| 16 | When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark . |
| 17 | The John Motum Plate was named in recognition of the current assistant treasurer of the RFU who spent many years as general secretary of Colchester . |
| 18 | The picture was owned by antiques hoarder Ronnie Summerfield who died three years ago leaving a collection valued at millions of pounds . |
| 19 | The game is a memorial one for Irish League secretary Mervyn Brown who died last year , with the receipts put into trust for the family — and to purchase the League headquarters in University Street to be named ‘ The Mervyn Brown Memorial Building . ’ |
| 20 | Right now , Kendall is not back at the aristocratic Everton he knew seven years ago . |
| 21 | Reaching back even farther is Ruby Trax which covers 40 years of music in 40 cover versions — to celebrate 40 years of the New Musical Express , with all profits going to the 40-year-old Spastics Society . |
| 22 | Smith himself died 10 years later , buried in Highgate Cemetery close to the grave of Karl Marx . |