Example sentences of "year and [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain alone , Glasgow St Enoch 's was torn down in European Architectural Heritage Year ( 1975 ) ; Birmingham Snow Hill was allowed to rot for years and finally demolished on safety grounds , epitomizing a technique in all too frequent use — deliberate and wanton neglect given as a justification for removal . |
| 2 | He stuck this out for three years and finally qualified as an electrician in his own right . |
| 3 | He got four years and later emigrated to Australia , whereas I was fined £30 and am welcome on Wogan , except that I am not . |
| 4 | And between 1981–83 , when he was number one in the world rankings , he played in every United States match , helping them to win the trophy the first two years and even competing in their historic relegation match against Ireland in Dublin after they had lost to Argentina in the first round in 1983 . |
| 5 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |
| 6 | Jamie Ray , another American , was jailed for 4 years and also ordered to be deported . |
| 7 | Quins , who have won the Cup twice in the past four years and narrowly lost to Bath last season , look a good bet for another Twickenham triumph after a 12-try romp over Second Division Blackheath . |
| 8 | Yet in most of the cases they present , the hoaxer was found out within a few years and promptly punished with significant disgrace . |
| 9 | ‘ I have been a member of the Leander club for the past 12 years and still train with them , ’ he explained . |
| 10 | Rather we are looking at those beliefs , supported by significant power bases within each bloc , which have won out in the political process in the past seventy years and still appear to be doing so , in some cases with much decreased vitality . |
| 11 | By car you can explore an unspoilt region of stunning mountain scenery , fresh orchards and attractive little villages where everyday life has hardly changed in years and still revolves around the old church square . |
| 12 | Other tracts , printed speeches and sermons and local publications by antislavery bodies in those years and earlier added to the vast quantity of printed material . |
| 13 | I 'd worked at for 18 years and often came to the Terminal to check the weigh-bridge . |
| 14 | And er he was there for quite a number of years and then went to just for a few years , and came back to Galashiels to work with the same firm and then he started business on his own . |
| 15 | And the high risk group would have three monthly check cystoscopies for two years and then go onto annual check cystoscopies . |
| 16 | Apparently this did nothing to alleviate the situation , and the house was uninhabited for many further years and then fell into disrepair . |
| 17 | Er where I did about three years and then moved to Southwell . |
| 18 | He retired from public life for a few years and then returned to full prominence . |
| 19 | The estimated reservation wages increase with age up to about 35 years and then decrease with the men aged over 55 , with estimated reservation wages for both periods which are lower than for teenage men . |
| 20 | We expect BP Exploration 's production to remain broadly at 1992 's level for the next few years and then to rise after 1995 . |
| 21 | For bonds trading at a discount to par ( so that rm ) , duration increases to a maximum at around 20 years and then declines towards the limit given by ( 5.48 ) . |
| 22 | In Java , homegardens have increased in extent in the last 50 years and now account for c. 18.5 per cent of agricultural land . |
| 23 | She had been a widow for 25 years and now lived in one room , earning a living as a charwoman . |
| 24 | Mr John McIleree , who served with the Royal Signals for 20 years and now lives at Scotton , near Richmond , has been working for his technology degree since 1973 when he was still in the Army . |
| 25 | See well over 50,000 exhibits collected by Jan and Graham Upton during the past 30 years and now shown on three floors of authentic Victorian style Shops . |
| 26 | On route from Kilham to Lowthorpe , the heavy stone base of the cross fell off at Ruston Parva and embedded itself in the verge side there , from where it was rescued in recent years and now stands on Ruston Parva village green . |
| 27 | The number of students successfully changing fields has risen in recent years and now stands at 30 per cent of the intake . |
| 28 | The carving is a superb piece of craftsmanship but most of its fruit , flower and dead animal motifs are straight copies of a section of bought-in 17th-century carving , doubtfully by Grinling Gibbons , which had been in the city form some years and now lies behind lock plate glass doors in the Public Library on College Green . |
| 29 | He had been fully retired for three years and happily occupied with reading and local committee work before Pat retired as home help supervisor for a London borough . |
| 30 | Regnal years might also appear on coins of the Roman emperors made in the provinces of the empire , while at Rome coins were frequently dated by the titles of the emperor , such as the tribunician power , which was renewed every year and thus acts as a sort of regnal year . |