Example sentences of "[num] year and [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have lived in Grey Street for over 30 years and we have never had a bus service in all that time , so when it was introduced last year everyone was delighted . |
| 2 | As one teacher trainer put it not long ago , ‘ I have been in education for 25 years and I have never known morale so low . |
| 3 | Er , turning to the media investments , well we all tend to think that the er , the bids tended to be on the high side but er , at least Yorkshire got the licence for the next ten years and they have the option in ninety eight to go for a further ten years and I can tell you er , because I 've had er , lots of conversations with Clive that they 're really working on , on making the best improving their returns from that franchise and I 'm quite sure they 'll succeed . |
| 4 | I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that . |
| 5 | In all the years , and I 've been it 's secretary now for fifteen years and I have n't had any trouble . |
| 6 | My husband and I have lived in Germany for 16 years and we have two lovely children who were both born here . |
| 7 | I HAVE been happily married for five years and we have two children . |
| 8 | I HAVE been happily married for five years and we have two children . |
| 9 | The origins of Barclays go back some 250 years and we have only grown by saying ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 10 | I have lived here for nearly eighteen years and I have been accepted by the local community . |
| 11 | I have been resident here for about two years and I have always drunk water from available streams and will continue to do so without any ill effects . |
| 12 | ‘ I was unemployed for two years and I have just got a nice job . |
| 13 | I 've been with my current boyfriend for four years and we have a daughter . |
| 14 | Staying first of all with the Maggses — ‘ the first parents I had in four years and I have good reason for not putting parents in inverted commas ’ — in a small country town , he learned the respectable , middle-class way to do things : |
| 15 | I 'm 21 , I 've been married for four years and I have two children aged three and one . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been involved in football for 24 years and we have been talking about this problem for all that time . |