Example sentences of "in [num] year [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In eight years he built his television services company , Carlton Communications , to a value of £1 billion .
2 In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers .
3 He said that in 10 years he hoped to have boosted the Mongolian economy to South Korea 's present level , with the help of the developed countries and of international economic organizations .
4 In three years they had rounded up fifty captive orangs .
5 But they worked out in three years she 's put on seven stone because she eats .
6 If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ?
7 But on the other hand I get $1000 a month tax free for five months every year , and so far in three years I have n't touched a cent of the money .
8 And if in three years you decided the performance was less than adequate , it would be worth you losing two percent to come out .
9 He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew .
10 As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’
11 In 3 years he launched 5 AI initiatives and identified 8 or 9 other possible applications .
12 In twenty-five years he had not been ‘ ten times in a tavern , eight times in a coffee house ’ .
13 But one day , as he sat by a mountain stream , he actually looked at a flower , and for the first time in ten years he realized how beautiful something living could be .
14 In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off .
15 In five years we 've had a record of seven per cent success in any enquiry involving the Regal Arms .
16 It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty .
17 In five years it has built up a fleet of 65 lorries and 85 trailers , all of them leased .
18 I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off .
19 In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup .
20 In nine years he has brought the Labour Party back from the dead to the brink of power .
21 He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save .
22 It has been estimated that in 16 years he acquired a fortune of £40,000 , despite apparently losing a lot of money in a project for the commercial manufacture of seated cast-iron horseshoes .
23 In one year they launched more new models than their leading competitors put together .
24 And when we doubled the company 's turnover in one year I decided to investigate his methods . ’
25 In one year it won 6% of the market !
26 In 15 years I 've never been injured .
27 In four years I fostered one ! and I am proud to say that Fr Liam Durrant , our present Vocations Director , came through my hands — should he be successful , would that make me a grandfather ? !
28 In two years we went from a £32m profit , which I suppose in current rates would be in the region of £150m , to a £14m loss .
29 For one thing , she said , they could hardly scrape up enough money for one deck passage , let alone two , for in two years he had sold only three paintings for a few pounds .
30 In two years he hopes to complete his work , which could become a model for future generations to save the rainforests for centuries to come .
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