Example sentences of "[num ord] [det] years [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 2 | In his first few years he did more to establish the Hellenism of Smirke and Wilkins as ‘ the modern style of architecture ’ in Scotland than anyone else . |
| 3 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 4 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 5 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 6 | Over the next few years they built up a 650-acre farm , a sizeable chunk of which was bought with 20,000 of Frances ' inheritance . |
| 7 | La Plata , the administrative centre of Buenos Aires province , had undergone economic vicissitudes at the end of the century , but with the upturn in its fortunes in the next few years it acquired a station of striking originality , an overall shed flanked by a staggeringly ornate pentagonal building covered in statuary and surmounted by a dome . |
| 8 | During the next few years I developed new mathematical techniques to remove this and other technical conditions from the theorems that proved that singularities must occur . |
| 9 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |
| 10 | The next few years he spent in travel and ( dread words ) in commerce , drinking in the wonderful perplexities that Europe , after India and Scotland , threw at him . |
| 11 | During the next few years he drew up a similar body of monastic observances for use in his cathedral church . |
| 12 | Over the next few years he gained considerable administrative experience , serving first as a member of the household of Archbishop Robert Kilwardby [ q.v. ] and later as warden of the priory 's Essex manors and as treasurer for two terms . |
| 13 | The last few years they had been more apart , until in 1969 they both rediscovered each other in one of the first Women 's Liberation groups in London . |
| 14 | For the last few years they had only discussed their respective businesses and he had listened to his father 's bitter complaints about hunt saboteurs . |
| 15 | Over the last few years we had worked out a system of radio communication and coded grid references for use in joint exercises and actual operations against smuggling . |
| 16 | But during these last few years she had felt tired , weary . |
| 17 | He was not sure how she would take it , leaving the house before they had intended and moving up north ; also , in the last few years he had got into the habit of sparing her any unnecessary decisions or arguments . |