Example sentences of "in [num] year [pers pn] [vb past] " 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 | And if in three years you decided the performance was less than adequate , it would be worth you losing two percent to come out . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | In 3 years he launched 5 AI initiatives and identified 8 or 9 other possible applications . |
| 9 | In twenty-five years he had not been ‘ ten times in a tavern , eight times in a coffee house ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 12 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
| 13 | In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In one year they launched more new models than their leading competitors put together . |
| 16 | And when we doubled the company 's turnover in one year I decided to investigate his methods . ’ |
| 17 | In one year it won 6% of the market ! |
| 18 | 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 ? ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In seven years I had as many new cars , each one more highly powered and larger than the last . |