Example sentences of "the years [pers pn] have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the immediately post-war period when , presumably because of the years they had spent in the services and munitions factories , there was a great movement for women to return to purely domestic functions . |
| 2 | Apart from their resident populations , over the years they have served as a ‘ dumping ground ’ for people forcibly removed by the South African government from ‘ white ’ areas . |
| 3 | Over the years we have proved to be an effective and efficient council and I believe you have all contributed greatly to making Lothian such a progressive authority . |
| 4 | Like everyone else even remotely connected with the Hochhauser Season ( and over the years she had listened to quite a few of Uncle Willi 's stories ) she had accepted the image of Gesner the seducer , the monster of conceit , the arrogant and selfish star of the company . |
| 5 | Over the years it has gone on such a long time . |
| 6 | Over the years I have listened to many forceful speeches by the right hon. Gentleman , who always speaks common sense , and I have often agreed with him . |
| 7 | Over the years he has appeared in The Stone Boy , The Outsiders , Rumblefish , The Cotton Club , Paradise Alley and , most memorably , as the down-and-out DJ in Jim Jarmusch 's Down By Law and the jinked hobo in Hector Babenco 's Ironweed . |
| 8 | If the company ‘ goes under ’ , I fear R will regard the years he has spent on it as wasted , it seems to be a feature of modern society that we tend to judge who we are and what we 've achieved , even what success is , by our work above everything else . |
| 9 | George Hann says that in the years he has known about the business he has been approached on many occasions by people who ‘ come over as being very convincing but who turned out not to be genuine . |
| 10 | began his career with in June 1950 as a maintenance electrician and over the years he has worked for at Wallingford , at Newark and from 1987 for at Gainsborough . |
| 11 | Over the years he has worked in a number of formulation and raw materials management roles . |