Example sentences of "the [adj] years [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 30 years I have lived in the US , as a student and university teacher , I have never seen the large carbuncles and boils described by Robert Mandeville ( ’ The natural history of boils ’ , 20 January , p164 ) , although they were common during my school days and army service in England from 1944 to 1952 and I suffered from them myself on three occasions . |
| 2 | He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies . |
| 3 | He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies . |
| 4 | These little shrubs are also known as ‘ hedgehog ’ hollies , and probably have been for all of the 300 years they have been grown in gardens . |
| 5 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
| 6 | ‘ I have had to be flexible and open minded on selection for all of the six-and-a-half years I have had this job , ’ said Roxburgh . |
| 7 | He believes in his heart that Daisy has loved him during the many years they have not seen each other but he has pined over her . |
| 8 | ‘ My old friend , my youth , ’ he wrote to her afterwards , ‘ during the long years I have lived without knowing your whereabouts , there was perhaps not a single day when I did not think of you . ’ |
| 9 | The Japanese community who live on the reef have been awarded the Peter Scott Merit Award in recognition of the 11 years they have spent fighting the development . |
| 10 | Because of our experience at Scone Park and in many other projects in the twelve years we have been working with young offenders , we , along with the other children 's charities , oppose the government 's proposals on persistent young offenders . |
| 11 | In the 16 years they have lived here , the kitchen has had three transformations , all carried out by John . |
| 12 | Above : The Saunders ' kitchen has had three different looks in the 16 years they have lived here , each created by John , an architectural interior engineer . |
| 13 | ‘ Unfortunately , in the five years I have been here Leeds have not won anything but we will . ’ |
| 14 | In the 27 years I have worked at the airport , sixteen of those in the fire service , I have seen a huge increase in the number of flights . |
| 15 | OVER the 40 years I have talked to you at Christmas I have often spoken of the role Britain plays throughout the world . |
| 16 | So you 're not bothered if at the end of the two years they have n't even |
| 17 | ‘ I would also like to thank Renault , Elf and the team 's sponsors for their support during the two years I have worked with them . |
| 18 | William Osborne 's project manager , Steve Answell , who was responsible for master-minding the nine-month building phase , commented ‘ The amount of detailed investigation and the thoroughness with which it has been done represents the most comprehensive thinking that has ever gone into a new lifeboat in all the thirty years I have been associated with building them . ’ |
| 19 | Currently housed in a 36″ tank and shortly to be installed in a 48″ tank , My Piranha , affectionately known as Igor , has lost none of his brilliantly coloured red belly in the four years I have had it . |
| 20 | Thank you Chairman , last environment committee er , you asked for updates on the position of the service , these are the last years I have managed to inspect the reports the service . |
| 21 | But then Complicite , in the seven years I have been watching them , have never lost their power to astonish . |
| 22 | I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary , but nothing like this . |
| 23 | In the subsequent years they have appeared in losing finals against Tyrone 1984 , Derry 1987 and Donegal 1990 . |