Example sentences of "year [adv] [conj] [adv] the [noun sg] " 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 | That was until about two years ago when unfortunately the home where she worked was closed down and she was made redundant . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | More than 50,000 passengers used Braathens services in the first year more than double the airline 's predictions . |
| 5 | But it 's not easy I mean you know I was reading an article ages ago a few months ago actually and saying you know if you think about it the sort of revolution was over a year ago and still the government has n't done anything about it and I mean like a lot of provisions that have been brought into Romania sort of go in the front door and out of the back door and you know they sort of sent those of supplies like contraceptions and things like that for the women and overlap |