Example sentences of "year [adv] and [vb -s] be " in BNC.

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1 He left his wife six years ago and has been divorced for three years .
2 Hound Tor is a deserted settlement in Manaton parish , high on the east side of Dartmoor , which was excavated some years ago and has been left open so that visitors can see it .
3 Cecilia Taylor first tried a Medau class about 19 years ago and has been ‘ hooked ’ on it ever since ; regularly taking part in displays , rallies and courses .
4 It was transported to Bury a year later and has been worked upon continually since .
5 Touche Ross made 200 redundant last year , Ernst and Young has shed 260 since 1990 , Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte cut 200 jobs a year ago and has been steadily losing jobs ever since and Peat Marwick McLintock has cut 300 .
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