Example sentences of "year and [verb] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he lived another seven years and continued working to the end . |
| 2 | In the men 's competition , the Mauritius Cup , the two northern teams have enjoyed a monopoly in recent years and have met in every final since 1983 . |
| 3 | Mark , 27 , who is married with two children , has been a soldier for nine years and has served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers . |
| 4 | With the spread of home ownership , a process that began in earnest during the inter-war years and has accelerated since the 1960s , the passing on of the family home will become an increasingly important aspect of defining who owns what , and confirming the advantages enjoyed by some groups of the population . |
| 5 | Connie 's garden has achieved considerable fame in recent years and has appeared in a number of books . |
| 6 | She has been a civil servant for over 30 years and has worked at the town 's county court for 24 years . |
| 7 | She has been a keen walker and rock climber for many years and has climbed in the Alps , Pyrenees and Dolomites . |
| 8 | The court heard that her husband had become suspicious early last year and had gone to the National Westminster bank asking them not to release any further cheque books . |
| 9 | He went to assist at a passenger train derailment last year and got trapped in the wreckage . |
| 10 | The cuttings to take now are semi-hardwood or semi-ripe cuttings : young shoots that have grown this year and started to harden at the base . |
| 11 | Adoption prices start at £20 per year and vary according to the species concerned ; some are more ‘ value for money ’ than others . |
| 12 | That problem was recognised last year and has led to the introduction of the year-long pilot project which is to be the subject of independent monitoring . |