Example sentences of "[adj] years [adv] the [noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The swings had gone and the pier had been demolished ; a few years ago the Council had given permission for a café-and-restaurant to be built , but the place had only been open a month when it caught fire and was burned out ; the Fire Brigade could n't get to it , the promenade being too narrow for their vehicles . |
| 2 | Until a few years ago the parish had the right to nominate one person to the Aims Houses at Cobham , also known as Cobham College . |
| 3 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 4 | Eight years ago the plant had 27 production controllers and nothing ever went out on time . |
| 5 | Watson 's 1844 plan shows at least twenty-eight thatched buildings , but eleven years later the town had only two . |
| 6 | Three years later the tally had risen to seventeen countries , between them operating 167 nuclear reactors . |
| 7 | Another three years later the passion had cooled somewhat but genuine affection remained . |
| 8 | This old yellow-brown , black-muzzled breed from the Poitou region numbered 728,000 in 1932 , but since 1945 the breed has been declining rapidly and by 1977 there were only 35,000 ; three years later the population had dropped to about 20,000 . |
| 9 | Seventy years later the population had risen to 22.7 million , of whom 62% lived in towns and cities . |
| 10 | Ten years ago the price had fallen to perhaps $450 per font but the restrictions were much the same . |
| 11 | Ten years ago the RSPCA had a cash crisis which meant Nick could no longer patrol the market . |
| 12 | The 1987 and 1992 figures are not strictly comparable because five years ago the Alliance had two separate leaders — David Owen and David Steel — who could each be named . |
| 13 | Just over twenty years ago the war had ended . |
| 14 | Twenty years later the population had risen by 478 but the proportion of the workforce employed in footwear had grown more dramatically , so that not only were 301 men and boys working at the trade but also 123 women and 118 girls . |
| 15 | Less than 40 years ago the island had a population of about 150 , a schoolhouse , a post office — and a chapel serviced by priests from the mainland . |