Example sentences of "year [coord] [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The economic programme presented in February , which relaxed the monetarist controls implemented over the previous two years and sought to lift the economy out of recession by investing in state enterprises and boosting imports [ see pp. 38774-75 ] , was rejected by the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) on March 5 by 171 votes to 138 with 38 abstentions . |
| 2 | However , the Court of Apothecaries took the view that Miller had been paying the increased rent for some years and declined to sanction the proposed allowance . |
| 3 | He had been landlord of the village inn for a number of years and had developed the publicans ' inborn instinct for recognising potential trouble . |
| 4 | This had been there for thousands of years and had defeated the British Raj 's efforts to move it . |
| 5 | I had n't taken part in a sponsored walk for many years and had forgotten the exhilaration of crossing the long awaited finishing line . |
| 6 | The experiences of the First World War , often registered in a feeling of horrific waste , also left a deep impression on the mental landscape of the interwar years and helped to form the low-key response towards crime and hooliganism . |
| 7 | Advertised in the national press and mentioned on Radio 1 , the service was to run at 12.15am , but on arrival at the station fans were told that BR had decided not to schedule the train this year and denied advertising the service . |
| 8 | But , yes , I was fit-I had , after all , cycled 22,500 kilometres last year and had walked the Pennine Way the year before . |