Example sentences of "in the fifties [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Fifties they were sworn enemies . |
| 2 | they were on about , talking about it last night were n't they ? , they , back in the fifties they were on eight pound a week |
| 3 | In the Fifties we expanded it . |
| 4 | However successful these policies may have been in the fifties we have , I believe , convincing evidence that they have failed since the world-wide inflation which started with the mismanagement of the finances raised to pay for the Vietnam War . |
| 5 | Oh no in the , in the fifties we were on the erm , the glass bowl fittings , yes |
| 6 | When Sikh men came to Britain in the fifties it was with the hope of making some money ( usually to buy more land for the family farm ) and returning . |
| 7 | As a teenager growing up in Liverpool in the Fifties it still makes me feel it 's a bit naff to spend too much time on your appearance . |
| 8 | In the fifties it was very run-down and it was possible to buy the glory of a house with a painted ceiling and good stucco if you were prepared to do without the luxury of heating and hot water . |
| 9 | Quite restrictive , but having gone through a phase of ambivalence about what population they could accommodate , one view was that there was no real problem , another view in the fifties it should be cut back . |
| 10 | In the fifties I got into a set of about a dozen or so gay men in South London . |
| 11 | ‘ With the advent of TV in the Fifties you got lots of kids ' badges , while in the Sixties they grew larger and more colourful , and in the Seventies you had weird punk badges . ’ |
| 12 | But , but in the fifties you were probably one of the only shops in Harlow that sold |