Example sentences of "year [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two years later he told mutinous Clydesiders that a concentration on foreign affairs , far from indicating a neglect of the problem of unemployment , would lay the basis for its resolution . |
| 2 | In 1871 he was described as farmer of 20 acres and ten years later he had 28 acres . |
| 3 | In 1980–1 , in the first Test to be played on his home ground in Antigua , there was never any doubt that he was going to mark the occasion with a century , and , as we shall see , when England returned five years later he marked that occasion in the most spectacular fashion . |
| 4 | Fifteen years later he provided further elucidation in response to his critics . |
| 5 | For some years now they had licensing agreements with some major U S companies to produce ‘ Laura Ashley ’ designs on sheets and other home furnishings . |
| 6 | Thirty years ago they built seven homes in the village for war veterans , in memory of the present owner 's great uncle , who was killed during the First World War . |
| 7 | ‘ Ten years ago we had four refineries . |
| 8 | ‘ Ten years ago we had some curiosity value , ’ says Edward Foy , from Minnesota , one of the few foreigners with tenure at a Japanese university . |
| 9 | As we live only a short distance from the Thames , we have to keep a net over the pond , as two years ago we lost 18 fish to a heron . |
| 10 | Two years ago she got legal aid , and her case went forward . |
| 11 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 12 | When he first became the candidate more than two years ago it caused considerable controversy . |
| 13 | Several years ago I wrote some pieces about the Psion Organiser , telling how I had devoted many months to trying to learn how to use this tiny alpha-numeric keyboard . |
| 14 | Some years ago I learnt this neckband method which I find invaluable . |
| 15 | It amuses me that eight years ago I had two homes — but I digress again . |
| 16 | A year ago I had six boys in my school , now there are none , they get to 11 and think it 's cissy . ’ |