Example sentences of "be [art] [adj] [adj] year " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They 're a good twenty years younger , and they 've only known them a year or two .
2 In my office the majority of female employees are under 25 and , at 50 , I am a good 10 years older than any other woman in the building .
3 It 's been a long old year .
4 He said : ‘ It 's been a fabulous two years for me at Leeds and the lack of goals has been my only disappointment .
5 It 's been a good four years for me to lay low , because they 've changed the stuff so many times and they now seem to be getting down to some conclusions about MIDI and stuff .
6 He adds : ‘ It has been a good few years since the snow has been this hard which means a lot of walkers are n't used to it .
7 Well , it 's been a good half year for investment banking .
8 It has been a hectic three years , operating a round-the-clock snack bar , and restaurant service for 17 hours every day .
9 It has been a rewarding few years .
10 ‘ It 's been a wonderful 25 years for me . ’
11 ‘ It has been an interesting three years , ’ he said with a delightful degree of understatement .
12 ‘ That said , it 's been an exciting five years for me and the club .
13 It could n't happen anyway , in the next financial year , it 'd have to be the following financial year .
14 I 'm divorced forty ye , I 'm a divorced forty year old woman with two grown up children and I am in a terrible situation .
15 ‘ We would expect calendar year 1993 , based on the early performance and based on last year , to be a good solid year from a profit perspective , ’ Roach told the news wire .
16 It was to be a good many years before Coniston came within the sphere of operations however .
17 Well it 's never been serviced since the day we bought it and that must be a good ten years ago .
18 But would n't it be a wonderful New Year gesture if the Government declared here and now that the first few million will be set aside to save St Bart 's .
19 With this attitude , despite the bad start , we knew it was going to be a Happy New Year after all , and set about restoring some order to our home … , .
20 A makeshift team ran in 34 points against the Birmingham boys a couple of months ago , so it should be a Happy New Year for all at Kingsholm .
21 Strappy black platform sandals will be an essential this year , but there are many other sandals around for people who Go for sling-backs with heels or a ballerina look with comfortable flatties , which team well with jeans or leggings .
22 An exception to that is the past few years when we have made significant progress .
23 Cos we 've missed the March he said , because th it 's the new financial year so
24 Well he is n't that much but he 's a good nine years .
25 I dare say you 've noticed , miss , as he 's a good many years my senior ? ’
26 Ah well it 's a good few years for this .
27 Or she zips herself into a black evening gown and she 's a sophisticated 30 year old .
28 His replacement is a balding 35 year old who drives a Citroen Deux Chevaux , Laurent Fabius .
29 It is a good few years since most of them were serving , and the memories will soon be flooding back .
30 The fiftieth year , following the seventh , seven , is an extra fallow year for the land , which reverts to its original owner .
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