Example sentences of "in the [num] years i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 2 | In the five years I played with Mayall , there was Hughie Flint , Aynsley Dunbar , Micky Waller , Mick Fleetwood and then Keef Hartley . |
| 3 | ‘ Unfortunately , in the five years I have been here Leeds have not won anything but we will . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | We have , in the two years I 've been here , we have got a depth of talent in our staff that 's hard to believe . |
| 11 | ‘ In the 55 years I 've been at Paramount we 've lost a lot of giants , none more so than Hal Roach , ’ AC Lyles said in a tribute to his old friend . |
| 12 | He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies . |
| 13 | He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies . |
| 14 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
| 15 | ‘ In the seven years I 've been doing this , there 's never been anything like it . |
| 16 | But then Complicite , in the seven years I have been watching them , have never lost their power to astonish . |
| 17 | Linebacker Gary Plummer said : ‘ We have n't given the fans a heck of a lot to cheer in the seven years I 've been here . |
| 18 | Linda , has always in the seven years I 've known her , spent fortunes on clothes and make-up as you can see . |
| 19 | I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary , but nothing like this . |
| 20 | I once calculated that I did about a thousand hours ' work in the three years I was there , an average of an hour a day . |
| 21 | In the three years I 've been here , and because C&P was one of the first ICI groups to move into quality , the value of the quality ethos has taught me that it 's the only way to do business . |