Example sentences of "the [adj] years i have " in BNC.

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1 During the 30 years I have lived in the US , as a student and university teacher , I have never seen the large carbuncles and boils described by Robert Mandeville ( ’ The natural history of boils ’ , 20 January , p164 ) , although they were common during my school days and army service in England from 1944 to 1952 and I suffered from them myself on three occasions .
2 He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies .
3 He commented : ‘ In the 30 years I have been with Unilever these are the first redundancies .
4 ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined .
5 Hairdressers and make-up artists know who 's had what done and where , who 's had whom , when and how , and with what , where and how many times , and in the thirteen years I 've known Lynette , I have never known her betray a confidence , so I tell her what the lump is .
6 In the three years I 've been here , and because C&P was one of the first ICI groups to move into quality , the value of the quality ethos has taught me that it 's the only way to do business .
7 Now the Marais Poitevin is a pleasantly low-profile tourist attraction where you can take canal-boat trips from villages that have hardly changed in the 15-odd years I 've known them : Maillezais , with a huge and rather dull ruined abbey , and Coulon , where I first ate the delicious local version of moules marinieres called mouclade .
8 ‘ I have had to be flexible and open minded on selection for all of the six-and-a-half years I have had this job , ’ said Roxburgh .
9 ‘ My old friend , my youth , ’ he wrote to her afterwards , ‘ during the long years I have lived without knowing your whereabouts , there was perhaps not a single day when I did not think of you . ’
10 ‘ In the 55 years I 've been at Paramount we 've lost a lot of giants , none more so than Hal Roach , ’ AC Lyles said in a tribute to his old friend .
11 time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf .
12 He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him .
13 ‘ Unfortunately , in the five years I have been here Leeds have not won anything but we will . ’
14 In the 27 years I have worked at the airport , sixteen of those in the fire service , I have seen a huge increase in the number of flights .
15 But we 've been honest with our people , we have not paid anyone off , in the fifteen years I 've been at , that did n't want to go .
16 OVER the 40 years I have talked to you at Christmas I have often spoken of the role Britain plays throughout the world .
17 We have , in the two years I 've been here , we have got a depth of talent in our staff that 's hard to believe .
18 ‘ I would also like to thank Renault , Elf and the team 's sponsors for their support during the two years I have worked with them .
19 William Osborne 's project manager , Steve Answell , who was responsible for master-minding the nine-month building phase , commented ‘ The amount of detailed investigation and the thoroughness with which it has been done represents the most comprehensive thinking that has ever gone into a new lifeboat in all the thirty years I have been associated with building them . ’
20 ‘ But at the time , I did n't think the four years I had spent at Westminster Hotel School , learning to make classic garnishes , was right for the Golden Egg .
21 ‘ Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her ’
22 Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her .
23 Currently housed in a 36″ tank and shortly to be installed in a 48″ tank , My Piranha , affectionately known as Igor , has lost none of his brilliantly coloured red belly in the four years I have had it .
24 Thank you Chairman , last environment committee er , you asked for updates on the position of the service , these are the last years I have managed to inspect the reports the service .
25 ‘ In the seven years I 've been doing this , there 's never been anything like it .
26 Linebacker Gary Plummer said : ‘ We have n't given the fans a heck of a lot to cheer in the seven years I 've been here .
27 Linda , has always in the seven years I 've known her , spent fortunes on clothes and make-up as you can see .
28 But then Complicite , in the seven years I have been watching them , have never lost their power to astonish .
29 I have heard of three deaths during rugby matches in the seven years I have been secretary , but nothing like this .
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