Example sentences of "[adj] year [adv] [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My grandfather , an old sailor , told me nearly 70 years ago that originally the expression was ‘ No room to swing a cot , ’ meaning a ship 's hammock . |
| 2 | To its regular readers it is also renowned for its humorous In England Now column , introduced 50 years ago and now the subject of a new anthology . |
| 3 | We managed to breed some about ten years ago but unfortunately the young died so we are ver pleased with this success . |
| 4 | Garrison Savanah has a few tales to tell … he won the big race at Cheltenham 3 years ago and tomorrow the Gloucestershire favourite will be off and running for the big prize at Newbury |
| 5 | More than 50,000 passengers used Braathens services in the first year more than double the airline 's predictions . |
| 6 | It was a repeat of the result of the first Fourball series at Muirfield village two years ago but only the second time that the Americans had been shut out since the fourball format was introduced at Atlanta in 1963 . |
| 7 | That was until about two years ago when unfortunately the home where she worked was closed down and she was made redundant . |