Example sentences of "it [adv prt] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following this move of the ducal seat the palazzo fell into disuse and disrepair , a state from which it only recovered when the Spanish governors took it over many years later . |
| 2 | Those ‘ great ’ butlers like Mr Marshall who have it , I am sure , acquired it over many years of self-training and the careful absorbing of experience . |
| 3 | The problem is that more has been coming out of the pot than going into it over recent years . |
| 4 | Not only will everyone then understand why it has been arrived at , they will also be able to address and/or review it over subsequent years . |
| 5 | Nigel had been a very heavy smoker but had given it up eight years earlier , as had I. |
| 6 | and er he said that when they took it up three years ago of course they from the first six months I think it is and we got on to them and they they did agree |
| 7 | Although , somebody said they thought he might er , give it up this year . |
| 8 | Well I have n't , have n't had it out this year . |
| 9 | if you work it out this year , right , Joy keeping her dole right , this one , say |
| 10 | So why did he not sort it out three years ago ? |
| 11 | As Guthrie foresaw and wrote to me after attending an early performance : I feel confident that Gloriana will survive and be considered a great work … that disastrous miscalculation of opening it to an audience and on an occasion that required an all-star Iolanthe will set it back twenty years . |
| 12 | Last minute organisational difficulties prevented the holders at Hunterston from defending their title but they 've promised a hard-fought battle to win it back next year when Peel Park will host the event . |
| 13 | We were unfortunate to lose the ‘ Buchanan Cup ’ to Douglas Reyburn in August — however we will endeavour to win it back next year ! |