Example sentences of "a [adj] year [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penny , who was the only astrologer accurately to predict the current crisis , five years ago in her book Romancing The Stars , says Diana 's astrological chart predicts that 1993 will be a devastating year for her , but just as bad for the rest of the royals . |
| 2 | In more ways than one 1979 was to be a momentous year for me . |
| 3 | He has a few years on me — maybe ten — and sometimes he treats me like the son he never had . |
| 4 | In the first flush of youthful passion , and in the imminence of war , Leslie had vowed that he would rather have a few years with me than eternal life without me . |
| 5 | And , of course , he 's so revered for this sleight-of-hand that he 's constructed a two and a half hour show to appeal mainly to his legions of cultish disciples who 've been waiting quite a few years for him to make sense again . |
| 6 | Although financial director Michael Langley said that the product is approaching the end of its life , he believes ‘ there are a few years in it yet ’ , and expects 1993 sales levels to be maintained at roughly the same as 1992s . |
| 7 | no , she might not cos she 's in a different year to us |
| 8 | ‘ It is going to be a colossal year for her and she will need to draw on every positive lesson she has ever learned if she is to get through it . ’ |
| 9 | Last night a close friend said : ‘ He 's really chuffed , it seals a great year for him . |
| 10 | It was not a good year for them to start with , and this year 's explosion in grey squirrel numbers seems to have put paid to the few that did form . |
| 11 | The leadership 's keen to put a disastrous year behind them . |
| 12 | He admitted : ‘ It has been a shocking year for me . |
| 13 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
| 14 | It 'll be a bad year for us all . ’ |
| 15 | Mabbutt , who is in his testimonial season at White Hart Lane , said : ‘ This is an important year for me . |
| 16 | Erm , it 's been an important year for us , and I think that , you may recall that last year we talked a bit about the Nathan report , and er , if you look at the Directors er , report , you will see that quite a lot of the work that we talked about and was in the Nathan report , is now under way , and I think it 's very important . |