Example sentences of "[vb pp] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tho' ye had bidden years awa |
| 2 | The trouble is that the majority of kitchens in the majority of homes were designed years ago with appliances , storage cabinets , work surfaces and lighting that is now either inadequate or unsuitable . |
| 3 | It admits that it had n't expected to be in this line of work so long , having thought Unix 's compatibility issues would have been resolved years ago . |
| 4 | He put Madame Sismondi , whom he had booked years before to go to South Africa , in charge of his London school . |
| 5 | A SIMPLE natured man who had suffered years of taunts and attacks by vandals lost his temper and beat an 11year-old boy , a court heard yesterday . |
| 6 | A SIMPLE natured man who had suffered years of taunts and attacks by vandals lost his temper and beat an 11-year-old boy , a court heard yesterday . |
| 7 | What happened next , was done by a child ‘ who had suffered years of subtle torture at the hands of a madman whose twisted mind helped him justify all his crimes ’ . |
| 8 | Continuous recording drastically limited a lot of standard studio effects taken for granted years later . |
| 9 | As unsuspecting Betty appeared , her face was a picture of amazement on being greeted not only by present Class members but also by many who had attended years ago . |
| 10 | Looking beyond these , and hence further back in time , ISO may ‘ see ’ the birth of galaxies soon after the big bang , something ground-based infrared astronomers have sought years . |
| 11 | I , since the time when I first became morally certain I was in love , seem to have grown years older … |
| 12 | Lawyers for Clifford Newton , 46 , who said he had endured years of bullying , intimidation and violence culminating in a death threat from his father , had urged the Court of Appeal to reduce the jail term . |
| 13 | Anthony said years ago , when the rail ma men went on strike why do it ? |
| 14 | You could keep them a as long as it was a reasonable way from the street as you might say and , and were fortunate because our pigstys had been built years before and they were ooh , suitably fifty to sixty yards from the main road you see , but I used to laugh at that when we , when we were having these pigs killed . |
| 15 | Government deregulation has exposed previously protected service industries to competition and forced managers to make the job cuts they should have made years ago . |
| 16 | A correspondent learned to do that , even if he no longer needed to practise his profession — the best-selling book he had written years ago had given blessed financial independence . |
| 17 | If England were looking to the future then some of the players should have been selected years ago . |
| 18 | He did n't say anything about ( well-documented ) insults Yeugh directed at the distinguished internationals for no apparent reason — like telling Eddie Gray ‘ if you were a racehorse you 'd have been shot years ago ’ in front of the team — or indeed any of the other eccentric behaviour of the man that got him fired . |
| 19 | I suspected that Gillian was getting rid of Wyatt as a way of breaking with her father ( who did n't even come to the wedding , incidentally ) and pointing out to her Mum what she ought to have done years before . |
| 20 | Branches clawed at her hair and she felt like she had done years ago , waiting for Jezrael to catch up , knowing she was going to be late for school , but she could n't leave her sister to struggle in on her own . |
| 21 | One time , after he had done that , I found somewhere dark , and the Bony Lady cried ; cried as she should have done years back . |
| 22 | So , what did you think of the adverts ? of Decommissioning and Waste Management 's Transport Technology Department felt that the idea of the high-profile campaign was ‘ good , but it should have been done years ago ’ . |
| 23 | I think Con was strong enough and single-minded enough to do what I should have done years ago . |
| 24 | Hopefully the next England manager will realise this and consign him to the scrap-heap as Taylor should have done years ago . |
| 25 | " It could have been done years ago , but nobody was really interested in it . " |
| 26 | Recognising the hopelessness of her situation , she had resolved to do what she ought to have done years ago , and systematically banished him from her heart . |
| 27 | ‘ Would you prefer that I do what some man should have done years ago ? |
| 28 | And he complains bitterly that exhaustive health tests were not done years ago . |
| 29 | I bloody have done years ago you chuck buckets of water over them . |
| 30 | I have done years ago . |