Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [pers pn] [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.
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1 | This week , they play three nights at London 's Town & Country Club , which is n't bad , but it 's a high step down from the dizzy heights of packing out Wembley for several shows on the trot as they did five years ago when they were one of the biggest bands in Europe . |
2 | She was making pot-pourri as she did each year , to fill the bowls in all the rooms . |
3 | There are also links with Nottingham 's twin city Minsk proving that the department still serves the local community as it did 75 years ago . |
4 | We Brits now drink twice as much wine as we did ten years ago the equivalent of half a bottle of wine a week for every man and woman in the country . |
5 | On behalf of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I should like to ask your department to provide a rubbish skip as you did last year . |
6 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
7 | However , none of these can compare with the unbearable sense of dread felt by every golfer in the nation as they watched this year 's final Major — the US PGA Championship . |
8 | And he all but confirmed this was his last match , saying : ‘ I basically feel the same way as I have all year , and although I am not going to announce my retirement , I guess that is it . |
9 | I argue the same case this year as I did last year , but with greater justification . |
10 | Never have the game 's laws undergone so radical an overhaul as they did last year — and never have they provoked such an outcry . |