Example sentences of "year and [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh and Joyce Gardiner have been with Timex for a total of 44 years and never believed that their fight could have reached such a pitch . |
| 2 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 3 | One might labour for years and then discover that one 's thoughts simply concealed some devilish machine . ’ |
| 4 | Four people , having served their community , have been confined for some seven years and now find that their right of appeal is being hindered by some legal technicality or misinterpretation of the law . |
| 5 | We handled more than 6000 toads in the first year and immediately realised that the population was larger than at first envisaged . |
| 6 | The document sets out various skills that should be mastered during the year and also states that time should be set aside for education , including protected time within the working week for private study . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |