Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] year [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ This message was dramatically reinforced in March this year when I broke the story about the impending separation of the Duke and Duchess of York . |
| 2 | John Butterworth joined the company as an apprentice 30 years ago he says Westcott has changed beyond all recognition . |
| 3 | Since their wedding 5 years ago she and husband Mark had lived in a caravan at nearby Fulbrook . |
| 4 | If he runs for President next year then he 's got to be clean , and that means that the issue of his drug-sodden kids will have to be defused . |
| 5 | The management is currently dominated by Mr Wood , who was the UK 's highest-paid employee last year when he took home £6.2 million in salary and bonuses . |
| 6 | This happened to me in May this year when I walked into ‘ Pluggers ’ shop ( Wet Pet of Detroit ) and saw the most beautiful pair of Ornate Birchirs ( Polypterus ornatipinnis ) I had ever seen for sale . |
| 7 | On his return three years later he was appointed director of electrical engineering at the Admiralty , Bath . |
| 8 | When I first bought the vehicle five years ago I noticed gear oil in the boxes . |
| 9 | The Northern Echo prompted a public outcry last year when it revealed how a night in the cells at Bishop Auckland police station cost £200 dearer than a room at the Savoy Hotel in London . |
| 10 | He stayed there until February last year when he took up his current position heading a three person unit within the Personnel department . |
| 11 | Martin Clarke , 31 , of Witney , Oxfordshire , a ground worker , was returning home from work in December last year when he hit David Adams , killing him instantly . |
| 12 | Superswim won acclaim last year when it was honoured by Rotary International . |
| 13 | The reference to excuses for crime is likely to be interpreted in some circles as a challenge to the Archbishop of Canterbury , Dr George Carey , who was heavily criticised by Conservatives last year when he implied that urban deprivation was to blame for the Tyneside riots . |
| 14 | Airtours is expected to reflect an improved climate for the holiday business this year when it publishes first half figures on June 28 . |
| 15 | He believed it to work in scenes rather than in its entirety , and in a lecture some years later he criticized himself for not properly developing the action and for failing to adapt the classical theme to a contemporary situation . |
| 16 | Only a few of our members who have these qualifications are able to help , and we therefore rely heavily on ‘ friends from other churches ’ , a poor phrase when applied to such friends as Gilbert Clark , Duncan Curr and David Wright ; and the phrase also acquired a different meaning this year when it included the Rev. John Page , Minister of Dunlop , and his wife Janie , who daily travelled many Scriptural ‘ second miles ’ from their church to join us . |
| 17 | Five years six years ago they introduced the postal wallets because they found that estate agents were sending the very expensive glossy brochures out in the post . |
| 18 | He only returned in November last year when he ran sixth behind Gold Options , appropriately enough at Punchestown . |
| 19 | But the club was still under threat and hit a low point last year when it failed to field a team for the 1991 season . |
| 20 | A former Lasswade forward , Wright 's career reached a turning point last year when he won two caps in Australia and returned home a fitter and more experienced player . |
| 21 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 22 | That and other systems sales accounted for a whacking 50% of SunExpress revenues last year when it was getting off the ground , with end user sales pegged at just 35% . |
| 23 | The wheel came full circle last year when he suddenly became ill with a bewildering illness eventually diagnosed as amyloid of the kidneys . |
| 24 | PUPILS and staff of St Mary 's College , Wallasey , celebrated their Good Shepherd fund-raising successes this year when they presented a cheque to Bishop Gray for nearly £2,100 . |
| 25 | After defeating ARThur ten years ago he has now decided that you , Kung Fu Louie , should be shown a little humiliation unless of course you have what it takes be Master . |
| 26 | Best of all , of course , the place has a built-in prison to put Buoncamino to shame , for though Alcatraz closed its doors to its regular customers 27 years ago it is still preserved as a tourist attraction . |
| 27 | The last time I had been on Shunner Fell two years previously I had been walking the Pennine Way and had left Tan Hill on a rainy June day , with heavy clouds following me south as I travelled . |
| 28 | I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I ca n't live where I want to — I ca n't go where I want to — I ca n't do what I want to — I ca n't even day what I want to . |
| 29 | The owners signalled how serious they were about halting the pay spiral last year when they first detached labour negotiations from the baseball commissioner , Fay Vincent , and then detached Mr Vincent from his job . |
| 30 | The men admitted being concerned in the supplying of cannabis on 28 and 29 October last year when they travelled by train from London to Dundee with 29 kilos of the drug . |