Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] year ['s] " in BNC.

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1 At the other extreme , Japan is predicted to be the OECD 's fastest grower in 1991 ( 3.7% ) , followed closely by Turkey ( 3.5% ) , which was last year 's top performer .
2 Then lie suggested that they might get Arthur Pugh , the moderate leader of the steelworkers who was that year 's chairman of the TUC , to come down to Chequers for tea and an exploratory talk .
3 She was the sister of William , who was a year older , and Christopher , who was three years ' younger [ qq.v . ] .
4 Both coaching teams have something to prove , Cambridge being led by John Wilson , who was last year 's Oxford chief coach .
5 last year 's and there was this year 's .
6 We were less than a hundred miles away from Adrar , and it was New Year 's Eve .
7 Of course — it was New Year 's Eve .
8 It was New Year 's Eve and the midnight sky was still bright : Punta Arenas is at 53°S , and although on a similar longitude to Halifax has been shunted , by Professor Dowd 's descendants , into the same time zone as New York — all of which means that it stays light for a great deal longer than in most cities , and we celebrated the coming of the New Year in almost broad daylight .
9 It was New Year 's Eve and he had arranged to spend it with Kate .
10 But it was New Year 's Eve , and all the roads were busy tonight .
11 It was New Year 's Eve .
12 It was New Year 's Day , Bank Holiday , but , bizarrely , for her a working day .
13 And she said I 'm , I 'm I 'm not staying she said , I think it was New Year 's Eve , she said I 'm walking out so I might have no job , so I 've not seen her since , so Madge said she 's still there , that 's in Altrincham int it ?
14 If anything in the Amis corpus has validated his penchant for the poison dart , it was last year 's Memoirs : indiscreet , at times indefensible , but nevertheless a book to leave you giddy with laughter .
15 Why was the Lotus issue put into this mo this year 's training plan when it was last year 's money ?
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