Example sentences of "years give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Points out that even though no more than week long , seemed to last approx. 2000 years given their children with talent for running away from home/eating razor blades/climbing into boot of car to die/vomiting continuously/fighting with our children in between asthma bouts . |
| 2 | Part of the mystique associated with a mature instrument is how the years give it an individuality and a sonic thumbprint of its own , and it 's still very early days for this one . |
| 3 | ‘ Planned it for years to give me pleasure in my retirement and now it 's just getting into a mess . |
| 4 | The week-long camps are sponsored by Digital Equipment Company , and are open to students aged from 14 to 17 years to give them practical experience of the computer applications they will come across when they take up their careers . |
| 5 | With your monthly premiums invested in the GRE Life Fund , your level of benefits can increase over the years to give you rock-solid protection and a handsome double cash payout . |
| 6 | Thus it was that a caddish cub reporter from the Cricklewood Cricket drew the following response : ‘ A quarter of my age in years multiplied by a fifth of my age in years multiplied by a forty-fifth of my age in years gives my age in years . ’ |
| 7 | Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure . |
| 8 | Nine jobs in sixteen years gave me an average of almost two years in each job . |