Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had three a year and of course in between times you go we had quarter fare if we want to go anywhere , you see and er of course it was the old money in those days and I would come from Ipswich to see my parents here for sixpence halfpenny then and er , you see , I used to go on holiday alone . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's married an older woman who had 50 a year . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought for one moment you said twenty-five a year . ’ |
| 4 | Now Christie 's are preparing for next month 's pop auction — they have two a year — and among the exciting stuff on offer is John Lennon 's leather jacket , Prince 's purple suit and the uniform that made Elton John look like a soldier on a box of Quality Street chocolates . |
| 5 | He got married a year or two later and had a son and a daughter . |
| 6 | The disease is growing in importance as the population of many western countries ages : it kills 120,000 a year in the USA . |