Example sentences of "year [adv] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg .
2 When he first became the candidate more than two years ago it caused considerable controversy .
3 Broomfield and Alexander , a seven partner firm based in south Wales , had been the club 's auditors for many years when it hit financial difficulties .
4 Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m .
5 Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m .
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