Example sentences of "[noun] of year [adv] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on ‘ improving ’ this poem over a long period of years so that the text usually printed shows many alterations from the original . |
| 2 | We ca n't go round sacking our leaders every couple of years just because the voters do n't like them , can we ? |
| 3 | Now that 's a modern version , again I made that for a couple of years ago but the tradition there was you knitted on hands and you ladies will probably know , four pins , no seams , all on the circular , right up to the neck and then the cast on the sleeve there and again , no seams . |
| 4 | It became redundant a couple of years ago when the Chipmunk glider tug it was providing spares for was replaced by a Piper Pawnee . |
| 5 | We managed perfectly alright a couple of years ago when the buses did n't come up here , we could manage now . ’ |
| 6 | although it will be a couple of years yet before the pre-loss level of dividend can be resumed . |
| 7 | Siemens AG has now acknowledged that it is looking for a strategic partner for its troubled Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG , which is facing growing woes over the next couple of years now that the German economy is plunging into what threatens to be deep recession . |