Example sentences of "[adj] year i [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies .
2 He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies .
3 I do n't trust them and I have n't for the seven and a half years I 've been inside jail .
4 Manager Billy Bonds said : ‘ This was the best we have played away in the two and half years I have been in charge .
5 Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this .
6 ‘ In the 55 years I 've been at Paramount we 've lost a lot of giants , none more so than Hal Roach , ’ AC Lyles said in a tribute to his old friend .
7 I think it 's possibly the thirteenth consecutive year I 've been on the committee and for the first time I 've managed to be elected .
8 But we 've been honest with our people , we have not paid anyone off , in the fifteen years I 've been at , that did n't want to go .
9 time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf .
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