Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] year [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For seven or eight years I had been aware of a growing numbness , first in the muscles of my right leg and later in those of my left , for which no doctor or specialist could find any adequate explanation . |
| 2 | Working on his idea in his kitchen for about five or six years he got his first crude image in 1938 . |
| 3 | Next came Cooder 's first real involvement with film-work ; over the next two or three years he produced soundtracks for The Long Riders , Southern Comfort and The Border . |
| 4 | after three or four years they thought they might move so , we said well take out a P S P cos that provides a savings vehicle , and if you do move you can use that as part of the mortgage increase . |
| 5 | Then , to increase her income and her reputation , she plunged into business enterprises for which she was ill-equipped and inexperienced ; in three or four years she had lost most of her money and people refused to work for her , ‘ it was advised about the town … that neither man nor beast would serve the said creature ’ . |
| 6 | For Sidonius the immediate result was exile , but after one or two years he did return , and lived out his life as bishop , albeit harassed by his own clergy , until the late 480s . |
| 7 | I will go so far as to concede that taken in isolation , ripped away from the defining context of humour and irony and friendship , studied in their literal or surface sense only , then , yes , the words I spoke in that room as Robert stood at the window pretending to take me seriously could be understood to mean that during the past six or seven years I had gone to bed with more than one hundred and fifty prostitutes . |
| 8 | By 1785 the owner was William Fryer and that year he leased the mill for 21 years to the partnership of Henry Hicks and Edward Sheppard who , in years to come , were to found one of the county 's largest cloth mills in Uley . |
| 9 | And each year you moved up whether you were good , bad or indifferent you moved up one class , you see . |
| 10 | He borrowed £150m to buy his planes from McDonnell Douglas and Airbus Industrie , and each year he had to find the cash to repay the instalments as well as paying the interest . |
| 11 | and this year they brought me the wireless and cassette |
| 12 | No , I mean all the fourth years last year you was allowed to out and go ice skating and things like that and this year we did n't get nothing . |
| 13 | Jenny makes all the crackers and this year she designed and made the living room decorations , including the red felt pelmet that hangs above the fireplace . |
| 14 | For the next fourteen frustrating and hazardous years he survived , far-sighted and unembittered , until he finally achieved his ambition . |
| 15 | Chapel Anniversary was always a treat and one year I sang a song , ‘ Wo n't You Buy My Pretty Flowers ’ . |
| 16 | If this is between one and four years he suggested the safest route is a simple building society deposit account . |
| 17 | Lets face it they get reasonable crowds every year , and last year they got to both cup finals … hence the money for Walker . |
| 18 | In the last few years , however , the Government began more frequently to provide a formal written response , and last year they undertook to respond in writing to all reports within two months of their publication . |
| 19 | As you may know , our family lived in NZ from 1969 to 1978 and last year we returned for a 6-month tour , but I 've never been over the Haast Pass so that is a personal goal for me ! |
| 20 | Our unit has run a menorrhagia clinic for 5 years and last year we introduced these charts for all our patients . |
| 21 | It 's just that this year I have had a lot of weak influencing situations , been on a lot of projects groups and so on , and last year I needed a lot of extra staff . |
| 22 | Fifteen years ago , he won £6,000 — and last year he collected £3.60 . |
| 23 | And last year he had two stays at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children . |
| 24 | Because I care about him and last year he got terribly hurt and I would n't want it to happen again . |
| 25 | If I said to you , ‘ I saw a chair going down the road yesterday and … ’ you would interrupt and say , ‘ That belongs to Mr So-and-So , 316 Carphalute Quadrant North , Lesmahagow , AND his dog has the croup , and last year he lost his … ‘ ’ |
| 26 | It grates between his teeth and last year he chipped off one of his fillings . |
| 27 | Actually , it was an inspired gamble — in his first , albeit injury-hit , season in 1991 Taylor took 54 wickets and last year he grabbed 67 in Northants ' championship chase and suddenly Ted Dexter and the England selectors were knocking on the door . |
| 28 | Now Tim appears to have rekindled Princess Anne 's interest in sailing — she paid £94,000 for the 36-footer Blue Doublet earlier this year — and last year she made a glowing contribution to a celebrity compilation of ideas of Paradise . |
| 29 | There was something unique about a hospital over the Christmas period , and most years he 'd made a point of working for as much of it as he could . |
| 30 | ‘ When I was fifteen my mother thought I was still a child … but that year I discovered life , rock and roll and love with a boy named Brownie Hansen … ’ |