Example sentences of "[adj] year when [art] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only earlier this year when the announcement was made about the extension of the east-west route that we had some of the information we 'd been seeking . |
| 2 | Add this figure to 622 — the year of Mohammed 's flight from Mecca to Medina — and the result is the Gregorian year when the rug was made . |
| 3 | It is a stone bridge which was abandoned within twelve years when the railway was re-aligned for steam locomotive operation . |
| 4 | In that particular year when the research was carried out there were 2,000 boys in government training centres and one girl . |
| 5 | ‘ I happened to be in Annabel 's nightclub last year when a path was opened for Fergie and a man yelled ‘ hi ’ to me and introduced her highness saying ‘ Hey Tak , bow to the Duchess of York and say hello . ’ |
| 6 | The situation was brought to a head last year when a woman was knocked over by a bus in Prebend Row . |
| 7 | There was strong criticism amongst black Labour Party members last year when no black was appointed to the front bench in that year 's reshuffle and again when Mr Alistair Darling , the MP for Edinburgh Central , was given the race relations brief . |
| 8 | Feelings ran high but it was n't like the drama of last year when the government were forced into a humiliating review of their pit closure programme . |
| 9 | Slimly-built Gilbey resigned from Holbein in February last year when the firm was reported to have been hit by the recession with large debts . |
| 10 | It followed an inquiry after a court case last year when the company was fined £1800 for allowing drivers to break rules on the number of hours they could drive . |