Example sentences of "[prep] [det] year and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 2 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 3 | That is one of the roles of your Association and it is what your membership fees go towards and it is there to be used and they 've done their best so I hope it will come in very useful for you for this year and I wish you a very good year . |
| 4 | Either , therefore , Oswiu did become king in 642 , as Bede says , or Bede was able to date the council of Whitby to 664 by reference to the eclipse and plague of that year and he calculated Oswiu 's regnal year at this point for himself on his own assumption of a succession for Oswiu in 642 . |
| 5 | According to her father they discussed the beliefs of the Jehovah 's Witnesses in May or June of this year and she informed him that she was not a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 6 | Does the Minister accept that although some of us may have a disagreement with Bruce Millan , we have known him for many years and we know that he has always been , and is , punctilious in the exercise of his duties ? |
| 7 | Dr Johnny Birks has been studying mink for many years and he admits with some reluctance that this extremely successful marten may have contributed to the vole 's decline . |
| 8 | Please find enclosed letters from two members of the Parish Council who have lived in the area for many years and who have personal knowledge of the situation with regard to this route . |
| 9 | Florrie had been very friendly with Nellie for many years and she nodded sympathetically . |
| 10 | I have been extremely interested in the youth of Shropshire for many years and I try to express this by such activities as being a confirmation catechist , working with young adults with physical and mental disabilities and also attending a week 's work experience at Dehon House . |
| 11 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 12 | for many years and I wheeled her around in a , in a |
| 13 | Erm we have had some success in this year and we have , hope that we will have similar success in the future . |
| 14 | More than 20 plasterers were resident in Bristol in these years and what seems to have happened was that the two Tyndalls brooded over rolls of Chinese wallpaper and popular books of decorative devices like The Modern Builder 's Assistant ( 1757 ) , picking up and choosing the themes and the motifs that pleased them . |
| 15 | Our tool kit has been built up over many years and we did n't have to buy much : a long tape measure , a new pickaxe handle , some new screwdriver bits ( we lost one down the cavity ) . |
| 16 | My predecessors and I have enjoyed a close and fruitful working relationship with local authorities in Wales over many years and I believe that that has contributed significantly to the efficient and effective conduct of business between central and local government which is the key to the debate . |
| 17 | It all sounds a bit complicated and slightly confusing , but the system has evolved over many years and it works . |
| 18 | The battledress was very good , I mean the army seemed to wore it all that time so er we had it for several years and we had to press that every day , thick material , very heavy . |
| 19 | Many have been homeless , not just for the past six months but for several years and they have been pushed from pillar to post within that area . |