Example sentences of "years [adv] i [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To fit myself for this level of teaching after many years away I did an M.Phil . |
| 2 | Three years later I led a review of social security which was regarded as even more untouchable than the health service . |
| 3 | Two years ago I planted a pampas grass to screen an ugly compost heap . |
| 4 | A few years ago I saw a modification with two small hydraulic servos , one fitted to the front and one fitted to the rear brake pipes , ahead of the brake failure device . |
| 5 | ‘ On a fine Spring morning some sixty years ago I saw a crowd of half-nude men digging ruthlessly into the old grave barrow that has stood from time immemorial on the eastern slope of the hill between the traditional Hurlers and that towering rock idol , the Cheesewring . |
| 6 | Forty years ago I saw a friend off at Paddington , bound for Totnes . |
| 7 | A few years ago I saw a catalogue offering Scotch , sometimes called ‘ Burnett ’ , roses . |
| 8 | A few years ago I saw a couple of Eastenders stars come in erm and Ross whatever his name forget his name there were two young girls standing in front of me scraping pennies out of their purse to get in though we loved that character they wanted to come that night we 've got to get girls like that youngsters like that interested to come on other nights and then come again that 's what needs doing . . |
| 9 | ‘ Twenty-five years ago I made a suspense movie , Wait Until Dark , with Audrey Hepburn for which she got an Oscar . |
| 10 | Emergency wanted A few years ago I wrote a little book called Discovering Backpacking . |
| 11 | Some twenty years ago I wrote a guidebook to the walks on and around the three peaks of Ingleborough , Penyghent and Whernside in Upper Ribblesdale , supplementing the text with over two hundred pen-and-ink drawings . |
| 12 | Several years ago I wrote a controversial article in a fishing magazine concerning black , bronze and two-tone bream . |
| 13 | ‘ About four years ago I wrote a book called The Bamboo Cage , which investigated the allegation that American prisoners had been left behind in Vietnam after the war had ended . |
| 14 | SOME YEARS AGO I wrote an article for The Artist 's and Illustrator 's Magazine , entitled Painting Naturally . |
| 15 | ( Do you know , years ago I asked a wise man who lived in a cave outside Alexandria why this happens ? |
| 16 | SOME YEARS AGO I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp . |
| 17 | SOME YEARS AGO I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp . |
| 18 | Years ago I owned a Mercedes Benz estate car . |
| 19 | Five years ago I hired an aircraft to tour for two weeks in the USA and was briefed on the possibility of radio thefts and the method used . |
| 20 | Three years ago I met a marvellous man , we married and had a daughter . |
| 21 | ‘ Five years ago I met a woman called Irene Adler . |
| 22 | A COUPLE of years ago I had a short series published in Everyday Electronics covering the design of regulated power units . |
| 23 | I am glad to report that A.agassizii is not one of these species — some years ago I had a male live for four years in hard alkaline water , and a lifespan of three years is quite normal . |
| 24 | Solid drinking ‘ Two years ago I had a one-day relapse after a very long time of being sober . |
| 25 | Years ago I had a class of very bright children and they did some really good projects , they were n't silly projects where they just scribble a bit an and draw some rubbish the they really worked and I saw to it that they produced really good work |
| 26 | You know I years ago I had a twig you know , an ordinary twig , I stuck it into the ground after three long years , all that was was a stick ! |
| 27 | A couple of years ago I had a fascinating conversation with Professor Max Clues on just this subject . |
| 28 | Delegates , some years ago I attended an international energy conference in Geneva . |
| 29 | Four years ago I bought a secondhand Toyota 858 and after ten minutes instruction , I was quite happy . |
| 30 | Four years ago I bought an old Harmony Sovereign acoustic guitar for £20 from an absolute prat . |