Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I must say , in the five years they were together I 've never seen Sarah so happy and contented . |
| 2 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 3 | In the five years I played with Mayall , there was Hughie Flint , Aynsley Dunbar , Micky Waller , Mick Fleetwood and then Keef Hartley . |
| 4 | ‘ Unfortunately , in the five years I have been here Leeds have not won anything but we will . ’ |
| 5 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 6 | In the four years they had been separated , she had seen her husband only twice , and both times had been quite by chance . |
| 7 | In this case it was a book , entitled ‘ Andrew and Fergie — the newly weds ’ , this was handed over to for her good attendance in the four years which she had gone to Little Stonham Primary School . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Like Costner , David , 40 , has had to guard Whitney from hordes of obsessed fans in the four years he has been working for her . |
| 10 | In the seventy years which have elapsed since the publication of Miss Buckland 's book the tomato has taken its revenge for three centuries of neglect . |
| 11 | In the six years which followed his resignation as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , Mosley himself had passed from Labour minister to Fascist leader . |
| 12 | Hairdressers and make-up artists know who 's had what done and where , who 's had whom , when and how , and with what , where and how many times , and in the thirteen years I 've known Lynette , I have never known her betray a confidence , so I tell her what the lump is . |
| 13 | But we 've been honest with our people , we have not paid anyone off , in the fifteen years I 've been at , that did n't want to go . |
| 14 | To understand why Idealism became dominant in the early years one only has to think about the event that led to the establishment of the subject , namely , the First World War . |
| 15 | In the early years they manufactured and supplied both hand and machine knitting yarns in natural fibres , principally wool and mohair . |
| 16 | In the early years there is extensive leisure devoted to play in which the basic manipulative and social skills are developed . |
| 17 | In the early years there were dancing partners but these were eventually replaced by demonstration couples . |
| 18 | In the early years I spent every Sunday bashing rhododendrons — it was like being a nineteenth-century explorer . |
| 19 | in the million years it has been taking |
| 20 | There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene . |
| 21 | In the intervening years I allowed myself to be gradually undermined and finally succeeded in losing most outward traces of my cultural identity . |
| 22 | In the intervening years it is estimated that 111 died while trying to escape and a further 77 lost their lives on the Berlin Wall itself , with most of these deaths occurring in the 1960s . |
| 23 | It employs 1,000 people now , just as it did in 1981 , but in the intervening years it has had to take on far more duties — most notably the upkeep of its building which was looked after by the government from 1816 to 1988 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In the 16 years they have lived here , the kitchen has had three transformations , all carried out by John . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In the eight years she 's been showing the plants she 's won hundreds of awards . |
| 28 | In the two years they had been operating , Stephen had taught her never to lose her temper with the guests , however unreasonable , but to try to win them over . |
| 29 | In the two years they 've been married they have only had one day together . |
| 30 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |