Example sentences of "the years [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the years rolled by until the day the Archduke Ferdinand 's carriage was accidentally halted in a street in Serajevo . |
| 2 | At first I only wore the bins for homework and blackboard but , as the years rolled myopically by , I came to rely on them more and became too lazy to take them off . |
| 3 | And the years rolled away , and it was a different room , yet still the same , the room where she 'd had her first ; old white paint with the grudging cleanliness of not quite enough scrubbing ; the sticky rubber mat under her bottom , that made her wonder what other bottoms had lain on it , wonder desperately enough to take her mind off her panic at the instrument 's entry onto her , and the thought , it 's like the first screw you ever had — why do we do it , why do we go on doing it ? |
| 4 | I was born in Hampstead at 10.00 pm. on a Tuesday night and my Mother was very glad to see me , because I was her first boy ; she had already produced two girls with the help of my Father and as the years rolled on she gave birth to another two boys . |
| 5 | At first I only wore the bins for homework and blackboard but , as the years rolled myopically by , I came to rely on them more and more , too lazy to take them off . |
| 6 | I have learnt over the years to talk your way , behave your way , and even to think and feel your way . |
| 7 | These have over the years contributed to our unenviable record of ill health . |
| 8 | While the system of ‘ payment by results ’ was formally abolished in 1895 it has continued over the years to represent an enormous affront to the professional consciousness of teachers and a threat to the creation of an effective educational service . |
| 9 | With your monthly premiums invested in the GRE Life Fund , your level of benefits can increase over the years to give you rock-solid protection and a handsome double cash payout . |
| 10 | Are you getting apprehensive about riding as the years tick by ? |
| 11 | Agreement in July 1906 , this batch of ten cars was transferred to the new South Metropolitan Company , who over the years carried out a number of modifications on them . |
| 12 | To suppose that Palestinians ' emotions concerning their identity in exile have weakened , or will weaken , over the years ignores the way they have responded to exile even where this has been relatively comfortable . |
| 13 | Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ? |
| 14 | But the circular life is the start of natural history As the years turn towards migrating birds will give a clue to the success of the fledglings hatched earlier in the year . |
| 15 | He did n't want to end up a mean and ignorant man like his father , or spend the years bickering with brother Shamus . |
| 16 | The courts have had powers over the years to deal with those offences . |
| 17 | The sale of David Batty has at least made room for the introduction of Rocky ( something which I would like to have seen earlier given the injury problems of Strach ) and his performances to date have been good although showing signs of the years lay off . |
| 18 | We long ago lost count of the number of satisfied customers with whom we have , over the years shared our holiday philosophy and way of life . |
| 19 | Having been a mathematician in the years gone by , I was amazed at the audacity of the polling companies to state that a sample of 1,000 voters was representative plus or minus three percent of a total electorate of some 43½ million . |
| 20 | The other aspect Mr Mayor that I , that I want t to dwell on is the thing about housing benefits themselves , there 's been a lot of talk by a lot of speakers about benefits and er means testing in the years gone by and well okay I 'll give councillor a few more years than I have , I do n't remember the forties because I was born towards the end of them but , y'know , maybe that happened . |
| 21 | Wind , rain , chemical erosion gradually wear into it and the stone that they used for some of the repair of the cathedral in the years gone by has n't worn as well as we would have hoped . |
| 22 | Has n't it been changed over the years to say different things from what the original writers intended ? |
| 23 | ‘ As you say … the years make strange changes in us all . ’ |
| 24 | Like Lawrence of Arabia going up and down the majestic sand dunes , he has over the years risen to great heights , and plummeted to great depths . |
| 25 | Over the years took great pleasure in visiting the various locations frequently , to meet people and discuss their questions . |
| 26 | But the years took their toll and BR decided to refurbish the East Coast main line station to restore its original elegance . |
| 27 | Their training and the pressure to conform to state rules and regulations have over the years made them appear to their pupils , and many parents , as agents of the regime . |
| 28 | For weeks it threatened to be a cesspit of scandal , and not to be outdone the controversial English striker Stan Bowles , whose behaviour over the years made him seem like a surrogate Scot , admitted that he frequently took drugs . |
| 29 | Even the poorest of communities have down through the years made great sacrifices to ensure that the ‘ House of God ’ has been kept neat , tidy and in a good state of repair . |
| 30 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |