Example sentences of "the [num] years we " in BNC.

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1 I went out half a dozen times in the three years we were married .
2 Because of our experience at Scone Park and in many other projects in the twelve years we have been working with young offenders , we , along with the other children 's charities , oppose the government 's proposals on persistent young offenders .
3 Regarding the possibility of a London showing of such an important exhibition , she adds , ‘ The two years we had to prepare this were simply insufficient to plan it in two separate locations ; the only possible London location would have been the Royal Academy , and there simply was n't enough money .
4 The two years we spent in the ERM were tough .
5 We had changed a lot over the four years we 'd been together .
6 In the seven years we lived there , only once did I ever meet another fisherman on my favourite part of the river ; and over the years I came to know the South Tyne and its wildlife as well as Mole or Rat in Wind and the Willows ever knew their water .
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