Example sentences of "[num ord] few years [pers pn] [verb] " 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 | For the next few years they stay in these fresh waters but even at this stage in their lives , their wanderings do not cease . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Over the next few years we want to see a major reform which will help provide what the public wants and needs : a visible , local police presence . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And they will go by what you want from it for the o , over the next few years you know ? |
| 13 | Noel 's colleagues all wish him well and the very best of health in his retirement , which fortunately is only partial since for the next few years he remains with us as Research Professor in German . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | During the next few years he drew up a similar body of monastic observances for use in his cathedral church . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Legal & General 's Michael Payne says that over the next few years he expects his fund ‘ will grow more in Europe at the expense of UK equities , ’ particularly now that entry into the ERM has reduced the currency risk . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They 've always had links with industry and commerce , but over the last few years they 've recognised the need to develop and publicise their links . |
| 21 | Today the big draught breeds , especially in the Massif Central , have found new roles in the beef industry and over the last few years they have been exported in increasing numbers to boost beef production in several parts of the world , sometimes displacing some of the famous traditional British beef breeds . |
| 22 | Over the last few years they have simply been brought into line with demand . |
| 23 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In the last few years we have been promised ( and in the UK have never actually been given ) ready-made video programmes on EVR , requiring one set of equipment , and on videodisc , requiring another . |
| 26 | ‘ For the last few years we have been seriously handicapped by the fact that our second team have been unable to compete regularly against quality opposition . |
| 27 | But during these last few years she had felt tired , weary . |
| 28 | In the last few years it has become clear that many other churches are working in this way in every denomination . |
| 29 | In the last few years it has been appreciated by the House of Commons that the method of scrutiny chosen was not best adapted to influence the final shape of Community legislation . |
| 30 | It was really only a very small group of students involved , but they got a lot of publicity and I think over the last few years it 's changed quite a lot . |