Example sentences of "year [coord] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The charity has been running for the past ten years and also has a branch in Middlesbrough which specialises in providing relief for sufferers of cerebral palsy in Poland . |
| 2 | I 've been playing for ten years and never hit a hole in one before — now I 've hit two . ’ |
| 3 | As you yourself said , on Sunday , we have acted together for ten years and never had a quarrel , although we have had many a grave difference on questions of policy . |
| 4 | Sanchita Saha , defending , said Mr. Uddin , 29 , had owned the Lal Quila for five years and never had a complaint before . |
| 5 | The solution lies within the Tory Party , which will remain in power for another four years and so has a duty to revive and spur the nation towards the next millenium . |
| 6 | The aircraft has been on the airshow circuit for a number of years and now needs a lot of tender loving care to bring it back to pristine condition again . |
| 7 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 8 | In an attempt to defend his position he secured election to Parliament for Bletchingley the following year and immediately introduced a bill , which was lost in committee , for the easier supply of saltpetre . |
| 9 | The tutor was , who embalmed 2,500 cases per year and also ran a hairdressing business . |
| 10 | One CSE Grade 1 is all he could muster from school , so , fired by the grim prospect of a factory job , he went to a college of further education where he gained four ‘ O ’ levels after a year and then took a job at a wholesale jewellers , where they were n't too optimistic about his chances of promotion . |
| 11 | That 's the number of lucky motorists the Wolfsburg manufacturer has equipped with the Golf G60 Limited , a car that was the subject of over 1000 enquiries when it was announced to dealers in Germany last year but only had a production run of 70 . |
| 12 | The intended beneficiary of this dynastic coup was Osred ( II ) , the son of King Alhred by Osgifu , Aelfwald 's sister , a youth of no more than 19 at the time , who reigned for a year but then fell a victim to further shifts of allegiance when in 789 he was taken prisoner , deprived of his kingdom , tonsured at York and expelled , and Aethelred , son of Aethelwald , resumed royal power ( ASC D , s.a. 788 , 789 ) . |
| 13 | The couple moved to Slaley , Northumberland , last year but still have a house in Farnham . |