Example sentences of "five year [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | At the time it might be great and five years later I think , ‘ Why did I do that ? ’ but sometimes it 's the only way of finding something out . |
2 | Five years later she was to be found lecturing on her expedition to the Gabon , she had climbed Mount Cameroon , and her Travels in West Africa was published to consolidate her reputation as a ‘ fish and fetish ’ expert . |
3 | People have been diagnosed with cancer etcetera , erm , in fact at the convention yesterday , they had some clients on the stage , one lady had been diagnosed with breast cancer , she got a pay-out from living assurance , five years later she 's been cleared , and , and she 's thrilled to bits about it . |
4 | Five years later it was modified as the Trionic Attak , and some boots were given a ‘ sprung ’ , or slightly curved sole — a simple device that makes for far easier walking , first used in Brasher Boots . |
5 | Five years later it had been reduced to £212,000 . |
6 | In 1980–1 , in the first Test to be played on his home ground in Antigua , there was never any doubt that he was going to mark the occasion with a century , and , as we shall see , when England returned five years later he marked that occasion in the most spectacular fashion . |
7 | As he prepared to leave office five years later he warned the nation to ‘ guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the military-industrial complex . ’ |
8 | Tony Revell began experimenting with guitars at the age of fourteen , and five years later he landed a position working with Chris May and Andy Preston , refining his skills while turning out Overwater electrics . |
9 | Leopold 's own career progressed slowly and unadventurously : by 1758 he had risen up the ranks to become second violin , and also court and chamber composer , and five years later he became deputy kapellmeister ( the German term for the musician in charge of a musical establishment ) . |
10 | Five years later he took up the project again under the new title of Church Dogmatics . |
11 | Five years later he was judged by the hospital staff and by the Home Secretary , who has to agree to the fitness of certain patients held for indeterminate periods , to be discharged on trial leave . |
12 | In 1885 he became university lecturer in advanced invertebrate morphology and five years later he became superintendent of the University Museum of Zoology . |
13 | Five years later he was reported missing in the fighting around Leningrad and the family never saw him again . |
14 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
15 | Five years ago they invited me to go and spend Christmas with them . |
16 | Five years ago they took the 1927 Grand National Winners Cup . |
17 | ‘ Then five years ago we woke up and decided to sell washing machines instead . ’ |
18 | ‘ In that case I suggest we stick to it , because I have the strong feeling that if we start digging up what happened five years ago we will start arguing , and that wo n't help anybody . ’ |
19 | I wonder if we were to look down our wedding invitation list , nearly twenty five years ago we could have a gathering when we 're fifty five of all the people who were at our wedding if they 're around today . |
20 | But about five years ago it shifted ‘ on expert advice ’ , to a denser uranium titanium mixture . |
21 | Five years ago it was announced in a communique issued from Agriculture House that tomatoes which are smallish , about 7 to the pound , round , red all over , and firm are the best and command the highest prices . |
22 | Now , when I moved in here twenty five years ago it was a very , very nice block ! |
23 | When 1 bought the castle five years ago it was just a ruin . |
24 | But that that , I 've been reporting that fault regularly , five years ago it 's still there today . |
25 | But five years ago you had a good job , prospects , a nice house , money in the bank . |
26 | But since his arrival at the theatre five years ago he has worked with the artistic director , Roger Redfarn , to make full use of his evident skills in business management . |
27 | A stroke in 1976 started his health problems , and five years ago he moved to Sussex . |
28 | Five years ago he began seeing a psychotherapist , but stopped after two and a half years of treatment . |
29 | He was a very clever scientist , and five years ago he and Dorian had been good friends . |
30 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |