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Example sentences for "past years"

  • I am undoubtedly a very ungrateful daughter of Germany, as I find numberless material discomforts which I did not suspect in past years, but which now cause me considerable exasperation.

  • Talleyrand had known her well in past years, had done her some service, and always called her his old friend; she was Madame de Marboeuf.

  • Bresson, who lives in a beautiful house which my sister the Duchess of Acerenza occupied in past years.

  • Animal products and food products are in a more encouraging position, while cotton, due to the high prices of past years supplemented by ideal weather conditions, has been stimulated to a point of temporary over production.

  • The original inspection made in past years was by the factor, Francisco de las Missas, alone.

  • As in past years, our ordinary ministries were also exercised among the Spaniards; in particular, many general confessions were made, and friendly relations were established between certain prominent persons.

  • I for one, looking back on the history of past years, cannot think, as some seem to do, that it has increased.

  • I have repeatedly shewn in past years, that they have become organized into a Church upon both Wesleyan and scriptural grounds.

  • Lately, in the English House of Lords, the Marquis of Lansdowne stated, that Mr. Lafontaine had returned to Canada, and boldly challenged inquiry into any of the allegations against him in reference to past years.

  • It is quite sufficient, and is sent earlier than in former years--although there are not many soldiers for it, on account of the number which I have sent in past years, and because we have here a very small force.

  • To tell you the truth, I have tried in past years, and found that the medicine would not act.

  • The first is Admiral Bartram; supposed to have been under friendly obligations, in past years, to Mr. Michael Vanstone.

  • I had often heard my poor mother in past years speak of her brother Andrew, and I knew of that sad story at Combe-Raven.

  • Coffee grows well in most all the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and in some of them, as in the Philippines and Hawaii, the industry in past years, reached considerable importance.

  • In spite of much government encouragement in past years, coffee cultivation has not made rapid progress, when we remember that the country became acquainted with the plant as early as 1790.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    broken heart; but the; does the; her neck; historical events; kind heart; mind telling; past ages; past days; past eleven; past four; past grand; past lives; past nine; past seven; past three; past time; past times; past twelve; past years; paste made; pastoral life; pastry flour; social progress; thirty drops; well kept