Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prospects were bleak a year ago at Thornaby Impasse after it failed to secure funding . |
| 2 | Tandy Corp , Fort Worth , Texas , has resumed its monthly pulse-taking of its business , and reports that sales in April from stores that were open a year ago rose 2% to $256.4m compared with April last year ; total sales rose 12% to $256.4m ; stores that have been closed as part of the company 's comprehensive restructuring are not included in the figures , Tandy , now a pure electronic retailer , said . |
| 3 | He was free a year later , however , when he was licensed under the Declaration of Indulgence , as a Baptist , to preach at his house in Chertsey . |
| 4 | The frailty of human memory is such that it is by no means uncommon for a delegate to criticize fiercely the very rule for which he himself was responsible a year or two before ! |
| 5 | This book included the 1985/86 season but I did n't buy the updated version which I think was available a year of so back as so much of the information is duplicate . |