Example sentences of "many years [adv] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , many years when I |
| 2 | Many years later I learned that the Bishop , whose sympathies were with the Fascists , had sent Don Cattabianchi to this distant parish because of the priest 's opposition to the regime . |
| 3 | Many years later I was sent as emissary to Mary , Queen of Scots , when she was playing the two-backed beast with Bothwell . |
| 4 | Many years ago I was taking notes in a legal matter and only realised when I was transcribing them that police commissioner and police constable have the same initials . |
| 5 | Not many years ago I would have considered this rod as too stiff , robbing me of the enjoyment of feeling and seeing a good fish put a decent bend into it . |
| 6 | , writes : MANY years ago I was told that Colgate toothpaste was made from pebbles from Chesil Beach , Dorset . |
| 7 | Many years ago I was a teacher but I was no good at that at all . |
| 8 | Many years ago I knitted myself a sleeveless jumper in mercerised cotton ; this stretched in the wash until it was more like a mini-dress . |
| 9 | Many years ago I had to call weekly on a woman client who was separated from her husband and caring ( very efficiently ) for a young family . |
| 10 | In fact , many years ago I was rash enough to suggest that the great Ankara melange itself ( humorously called by the locals turlu guvec — a Turkish version of Lancashire hotpot ) might be an Argille scagliose type of deposit . |
| 11 | Many years ago I used to write for a magazine called ‘ Electronics and Computing Monthly ’ which was killed , even though it had a good circulation . |
| 12 | Many years ago I came across the card in the Doll Museum in Wrexham and I 've been on the lookout for it every since . ’ |
| 13 | Many years ago I spent several happy hours playing rugby against and with the London Irish and other Irish teams of both Catholics and Protestants . |
| 14 | Many years ago I worked as a Time and Motion Study ( Work Study ) officer in industry , where the question was always : why ca n't all workers produce the output achieved by the best workers ? |
| 15 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 16 | To fit myself for this level of teaching after many years away I did an M.Phil . |
| 17 | For many years afterwards I was naturally very wary of any dog and , although I soon learnt not to run away , as this would only make them run after me , I never willingly approached them . |