Example sentences of "be [adv] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been away nearly a year , had lost his mother , and was glad to leave Paris ( ‘ which I loathe ’ ) . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the indefatigable Joanna Castle is taking yet another group of children around part of her downlands on the Ridgeway , where the calves they met last year are now only a year away from being next year 's Sunday roast |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm only about a year older than Bob . ’ |
| 4 | That could easily be in over a year 's time . |
| 5 | We have been here almost a year now and the Revd Brunton Scott is still having a great affect on our lives . |
| 6 | near Kettering , Don went to er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden and er I 'd been there about a year and all of a sudden there was a call in for Shorteners at so I went down on the bike and er what er the one over me who , who was elderly , well was n't over me but he was er he was on my job but the senior man on it he come in , the boss had sent him in to have a look cos the er Shorteners were complaining , and er then they rang up for one of us , he said well I 'm not leaving till I 've solved this problem so I had to go . |
| 7 | Her parents had sent her to the convent , and she begged them to let her become a Catholic after she 'd been there only a year . |
| 8 | It 's great doing a picture of Mozart 's Requiem at St Paul 's , but that 's only once a year and it 's simply recording something . |
| 9 | It 's great doing a picture of Mozart 's Requiem at St Paul 's , but that 's only once a year and it 's simply recording something . |
| 10 | She says it 's only once a year . |
| 11 | By Gareth Parry AS THIS column is just over a year old , I thought I 'd give you all a bit of a break , and write about the psychology of DIY . |
| 12 | It is just over a year since the terrorist group devastated the City with another bomb . |
| 13 | The project is already over a year into its three-year life . |
| 14 | Joanna Trollope , with The Men and the Girls ( Black Swan ) , is new to my Giants section but she is already there a year earlier than I thought she would be , which is wonderful . |
| 15 | it 's just over a year , so that 's . |
| 16 | So he 's been in that 's just about a year and a half now . |
| 17 | As I said , I work with Phil 's band and Genesis , and there 's usually about a year off in between so I 'd like to do another record of my own . ’ |
| 18 | It seems only a few weeks ago , but is probably about a year , since I , through Points of View , had to draw attention to the Department of Transport 's annual statistics bulletin , The Allocation of Road Track Costs . |
| 19 | It is now over a year since I last saw you and believe me Elsie it seems like an awful lot more time than that . |
| 20 | It is now nearly a year since the children left the foster mother . |
| 21 | Madam Speaker , this announcement is now almost a year delayed the firm of Coopers and Lybrand have been paid one point six million pounds to come up with this ass access charging fiasco , surely this house in entitled to the , as entitled as the press to a full statement of the government 's intentions so that they can be answered by . |
| 22 | I think he 's about under a year when , |
| 23 | I told you he was only about a year old |
| 24 | Well , I was away almost a year . |
| 25 | And all that was just over a year ago . |
| 26 | Also had a spell on the motorway for about er I think it was just over a year . |
| 27 | It was just over a year ago that British Coal announced the closure of thirty one of Britain 's deep mines . |
| 28 | His successor as king of England , Henry VI , was not yet a year old . |
| 29 | perhaps she 's mellowed now , I mean the last time she went on with it , about it , was probably over a year ago , but she 's still going on about it definitely a year ago not just |
| 30 | It was slightly over a year later when we felt that conditions were suitable for another attempt . |