Example sentences of "[prep] years [adv] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of years later I went to primary school and came under the strict , disciplined regime that was usual in Jamaica in those days . |
| 2 | There were times during these last couple of years when I felt he hated me . |
| 3 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 4 | A COUPLE of years ago I had a short series published in Everyday Electronics covering the design of regulated power units . |
| 5 | A couple of years ago I had a fascinating conversation with Professor Max Clues on just this subject . |
| 6 | I happened to make a shrewd investment in ‘ seventy-eight , and a couple of years ago I sold out . |
| 7 | I still do n't think there 's enough sexual equality because erm , a couple of years ago I studied mechanics , and when I left college I found it very , very difficult to get on a mechanics course so I 'm back again doing computing to try and get a job . |
| 8 | ‘ A couple of years ago I thought I might get involved again . |
| 9 | A couple of years ago I witnessed probably the most heavy groundbaiting programme of all time . |
| 10 | A couple of years back I reviewed the Delmé Quartet 's standard encore disc on Hyperion . |
| 11 | For years whenever I 've got out of bed in the middle of the night — about whatever pursuit you get out of bed in the night for — my right ankle has made cracking noises , like kindling being snapped . |
| 12 | For years afterwards I received a Christmas card from them . |
| 13 | I mean , they 're ninety nine pence a tin and turkey tins stowed for years so I do n't think these are gon na come to any harm over |
| 14 | She was twelve years younger than my father , and for years now I had called her Margaret , but until that moment I had always thought of her as firmly fixed in the older generation . |
| 15 | For years now I have conducted a personal campaign , always asking if I can have , for example , a five or three amp fuse instead of the one I am given , a 13 amp . |
| 16 | I mean it was like years ago I heard things about Down 's children with holes in the heart and why bother to do it , but now everything 's changing — let's make them more normal . |