Example sentences of "year [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year I added a new dish of mulberries and almonds to the repertory . |
| 2 | Each year I make a tiny ceremony |
| 3 | Last year I took a special interest in Arrow , believing it to be the major threat to Transworld . |
| 4 | Last year I got a four-page letter from Bill Buford . |
| 5 | Once in one of these classes one year I had a Jewish student got up and got very upset during such a class as this and stomped out and then slammed the door er which I was rather sorry about because erm I think he was being a little bit erm too sensitive because the person who was giving the paper said anything anyway erm , but warrant that , but he was just offended of the idea that anybody could suggest that Moses was n't Jewish , and of course |
| 6 | Last year I had a broken ankle . ’ |
| 7 | Year I develops a thorough understanding of programming principles , and provides a sound basis on which to build further programming experience . |
| 8 | Later that year she had a negative laparotomy and it was concluded that her pain was psychological . |
| 9 | Last year she had a lovely crop from her plot , which measures about 2ft by 3ft ; this year she dug it over in plenty of time for May 4 , the day on which she sows on the basis of an old saying : ‘ the 4th of May is kidney bean day ’ . |
| 10 | And every Saturday for a whole year she run a Japanese consulate . |
| 11 | ‘ At this time of the year she sleeps a great deal , ’ said Simon . |
| 12 | Now Tim appears to have rekindled Princess Anne 's interest in sailing — she paid £94,000 for the 36-footer Blue Doublet earlier this year — and last year she made a glowing contribution to a celebrity compilation of ideas of Paradise . |
| 13 | Each year she chooses a famous personality to base the design on — past models included Twiggy and Joan Collins . |
| 14 | Do you want a typewritten sheet , remember last year you had a typewritten sheet . |
| 15 | Now this year you 've a lighter crew than usual , how will that affect you ? |
| 16 | In the year we had a large number of retirements ; Danny Davies , Gwyn Bowen , Dudley Powell and Harry Nelson from Ffos Las ; George Collis , Ritchie Williams and Vernon Williams from Gilfach Iago and John Kilkenny from Potatopot . |
| 17 | In our championship year we had an average start … but crucially did nt lose I spose . |
| 18 | Last year we had an irritating habit of losing ; now we seem to be in a nasty spell of drawing matches . |
| 19 | ‘ Last year we arranged a few entertainment evenings over at one of our sister Homes . |
| 20 | Building on solid foundations it is extremely encouraging to report that last year we saw a dramatic increase in the numbers of candidate entries . |
| 21 | At the beginning of the year we invested a notional £2,000 in the company . |
| 22 | Last year we cracked an ex-display tank in this office — that was an adequate 6mm three footer and we had placed it on polystyrene tiles on top of two filing cabinets which were less than even . |
| 23 | Every year we have a new finance bill which sets lawyers and accountants considerable problems of interpretation . |
| 24 | It is true that this year we have a public sector borrowing requirement of about £10 billion or £10.5 billion , but with the strength of sterling and of previous national sector repayments , borrowing , and debt , that is something we can meet . |
| 25 | Here we are each year we have a huge celebration of the devil and nobody says a thing . |
| 26 | So every fourth year we have an extra day in February which we call leap year . |
| 27 | This year we have an Andean folk group from Peru , as well as singers form Opera North . |
| 28 | This year we face a general election . |
| 29 | Every year they name a new flower after a personality — this year 's was television presenter Anne Gregg . |
| 30 | Last year they made a net profit of £17,345,000 , of which 79p in every pound goes to the charity 's overseas programme . |