Example sentences of "in [adj] years [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social status , so quickly achieved , made the family unwilling in later years to acknowledge their very humble origins . |
| 2 | Bates back at Roland Garros for the first time in three years opens his challenge against Ctislav Dosedel of the Czech Republic , a player ranked nine places lower on the world computer at 111 . |
| 3 | " They said they 'd see me in three years to do my D.Phil. at Oxford . |
| 4 | Before she died in June , 1913 , so the story goes , she swore to rise again in 80 years to take her revenge . |
| 5 | The measure allows such companies in those years to apply their mineral depletion allowances to 50% of the value of the finished products rather than to the lower value of raw clay alone . |
| 6 | Over and above such day-to-day management , the Church of England has made substantial efforts in recent years to rationalise its portfolio of buildings . |
| 7 | Morrison 's strong showing in recent years reflects its performance as a recession-proof business . |