Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the six years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roy 's performances earned him a deserved reputation as a neat and clever footballer and he came to be regarded by press and public alike as one of Palace 's most consistent performers during the six years he was on our staff . |
| 2 | Carol , a jeweller for more than 25 years , has built up a steady following for her original designs in the six years since she moved out of London and started her own business . |
| 3 | At least once in their lives , most of these men would have met Thorfinn : more perhaps than had come face to face with King Duncan in the six years of his reign and before , when he had been prince of Cumbria in the shadow of Malcolm his grandfather . |
| 4 | It 's an age when we feel but do n't think yet , but you did n't seem to have learnt a thing about either yourself or Jones in the whole of the six years since I saw you last . ’ |
| 5 | According to Bernier , who regularly visited the fort over the six years that he spent in and around Delhi : |
| 6 | By the end of the six years Japan possessed a younger stock of machine tools than the United Kingdom or the United States : 40 per cent was less than five years old . |
| 7 | I 've never had a contract of employment in the six years that I 've been there but erm less than forty eight hours after all this happened every employee was issued with a contract of employment . |
| 8 | One hundred and twenty three adults were treated for benign oesophageal strictures over the six years , 1986–92 . |
| 9 | We studied 123 adult patients ( 76 men and 47 women ; mean age 38.7 ( 18.7 ) years ) , age range 18–84 years ) with benign oesophageal strictures treated by dilatation over the six years 1986–92 . |
| 10 | The world stockmarket hiccup of October 1987 pulled people up sharp and the malaise of the six years which followed gave plenty of time for reflection . |
| 11 | The average attendance at the Grammar School in the six years to 1881 was 138 , but in 1882–86,78 . |
| 12 | If an order under this subsection is complied with , the licensing board shall not make a further order within the six years following the first-mentioned order . |