Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [art] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salman Rushdie 's The Satanic Verses illustrated that while our now largely secular society regards blasphemy as rather less heinous than it did a hundred years ago some parts of our society are offended to such an extent that the call for retribution goes beyond censorship . |
| 2 | It was one of the few remaining to keep an old cinema organ until it closed a few years ago . |
| 3 | Broderick has faced more of a problem , since it seemed a few years back that he had stopped ageing . |
| 4 | My memories of it , I 've got , I 've always got wonderful memories of the Co-op , you see and that Co-op has been there m on that corner which , when it closed a few years ago I went down to see the present executive officer , he was then assistant , and we campaigned against the closing of Walsall Wood shop but erm course it was of no avail . |
| 5 | The Working Men 's College says today , as it said a hundred years ago : ‘ We seek no greater good than education ; we scorn to justify it save by itself . ’ |