Example sentences of "in [num] year [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers . |
| 2 | In three years they had rounded up fifty captive orangs . |
| 3 | But they worked out in three years she 's put on seven stone because she eats . |
| 4 | If the extremely unlikely event transpires that in three years he has discovered nothing of his partner 's past , then why should he complain ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 twenty-five years he had not been ‘ ten times in a tavern , eight times in a coffee house ’ . |
| 9 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 10 | In five years we 've had a record of seven per cent success in any enquiry involving the Regal Arms . |
| 11 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
| 12 | In five years it has built up a fleet of 65 lorries and 85 trailers , all of them leased . |
| 13 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 14 | In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup . |
| 15 | In nine years he has brought the Labour Party back from the dead to the brink of power . |
| 16 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 17 | ‘ In 15 years I 've never been injured . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In seven years I had as many new cars , each one more highly powered and larger than the last . |
| 20 | This is the first time in 20 years I have felt any hope . ’ |