Example sentences of "years [adv] when he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His greatest triumph came seven years later when he defeated the seemingly invincible Jimmy Connors to capture Wimbledon , with brilliant variations of pace and style . |
| 2 | George Canning got it exactly right almost 200 years ago when he addressed the House of Commons : |
| 3 | Bryan 's name first surfaced in London 's snob society two years ago when he met the Yorks at a dinner party . |
| 4 | One of the last jobs of Leicester serviceman Taffy he retires shortly has involved working on a machine of the type he first handled fifty years ago when he joined the B U. |
| 5 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 6 | The historian Kirkpatrick was recalling an incident fourteen years earlier when he included the above in his 1751 treatise ‘ Reflections on the Causes that may retard Putrefaction of dead Bodies ’ . |
| 7 | He apologised profusely for being five years late when he opened the annual fund-raising garden party for the hospice . |