Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] years [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cats have long memories , especially where a nasty shock is concerned , and may remember a bad experience of this kind for years afterwards . |
| 2 | Alice P. had been supporting a bedridden sister for years when she herself died in 1952 . |
| 3 | They 've not been making money for years though |
| 4 | But I said , that they 've been in bathrooms for years like ! |
| 5 | It is tough on criminals and supportive of police , and it has been languishing in these hallowed halls for years now . " |
| 6 | Twenty-one years A lease for a term of years less than twenty-one is not registrable at HM Land Registry ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s8 ) . |
| 7 | And after the course of years perhaps I should respond , ‘ It was nice when the primroses were out … ’ or ‘ the leaves had turned golden … ’ or ‘ the snow was on the ground … ’ |
| 8 | Thirty or a little over if he was a day , and projecting all the self-assurance of years well used ! |
| 9 | It was clear to him she was just a playmate of years long gone . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ The Tories are trying to lay the blame on the ghost of years past . ’ |
| 11 | What 's more , I knew people like a one-armed inside half — he 'd lost an arm in the First World War — who played with murderous brilliance for Caernarvon for years when I was a boy . |
| 12 | I have been struggling with my marriage for years largely because of my mood swings . |
| 13 | ‘ They have been leading separate lives for years now . |
| 14 | She did not have the stamina of years ago , but she would have to make it . |
| 15 | In some of these situations , even with the virtually unlimited manpower of years ago , the easiest solution was to work a continuous line of traps through the entrances . |
| 16 | I ask because I have been throwing out a raft of old notebooks and discovered some scrawled lines from years ago about the open air factor . |
| 17 | HENRY WHARTON set up the biggest fight in Yorkshire for years when he successfully defended his Commonwealth super-middleweight title by stopping Australian Rod Carr in eight rounds at Leeds Town Hall on Wednesday . |
| 18 | From the mid century with the withdrawal of the regular Roman forces the country was under attack from the Saxon 's and Jutes , this continuing for a period of years when a gradual occupation of Kent took place . |
| 19 | Its basis followed on from the Plowden Committee 's recommendation ( Cmnd. 1432 , 1961 ) that : ‘ Regular surveys should be made of public expenditure as a whole , over a period of years ahead , and in relation to prospective resources ; decisions involving substantial future expenditure should be taken in light of these surveys . ’ |
| 20 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 21 | He went on ‘ improving ’ this poem over a long period of years so that the text usually printed shows many alterations from the original . |
| 22 | Whether that campaign should be interpreted as a link maintaining popular continuity across years when there was little other popular involvement in antislavery becomes crucial . |
| 23 | Unionists may not be ready to judge the republic on its merits for years yet , and the hatred bred by three centuries of religious animosity is not going to be bartered away by any group of politicians . |
| 24 | Alan Morgan , our Chair since nineteen eighty-six and active in the organisation for years before , is not standing this year as Chair , for a very happy reason which you all know about from the erm , literature on your seats . |
| 25 | Crawford did only a dozen spots of four minutes each during late 1964 and early 1965 , but the impact was such that viewers remembered the character for years afterwards . |
| 26 | The Middle East Economic Digest of March 16 described this prediction of a budget surplus as surprising to many observers , but noted that , in the absence of figures for years more recent than 1984 , it could not be determined whether it implied higher income or a sharp reduction in public expenditure . |
| 27 | Mother Francis and her old school friend of years ago , Peggy Pine , discussed it long and often . |
| 28 | Commenting upon their total experience of Minor award schools , DCSLs also noted that a few schools had misconstrued the long-term intentions of the project and had cut library capitation in years following external funding . |
| 29 | This is why you know , I , I think you should keep di I keep diaries from years ago because I know you do n't like nostalgia , and I do n't , but it 's interesting |
| 30 | Even for you the sun can cause premature ageing , although you might not see the damage until years later . |