Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm most of which are only a year which |
| 2 | As we are only a year away from the start of the single market , will my right hon. Friend reassure the public that unnecessary bureaucratic delays will not occur at our ports and airports , to the annoyance of the public ? |
| 3 | Now , in West Caulder th the charge erm amounted this year to forty pound , that 's for nineteen ninety one cos they 're always a year behind . |
| 4 | And , but i i he , next year when they 're both a year older , you know |
| 5 | Yes Two increasing factors , the increasing benefit , the benefit 's gon na go up each year , that 's gon na cost more money , you 're now a year older , that 's gon na cost more money . |
| 6 | supervision and they 're used until the head of the femur right , the head of the femur is fixed back into the socket joint and the muscles and ligaments have tightened up so that they hold the bone in place and treatment can go on until they 're about a year the consequences of not treating this condition are quite severe , the child will grow up with a very odd gait . |
| 7 | Her mother said : ‘ Those former foster parents , who she 's been once a year to Spain with , they have been able to give her the luxuries that I could not afford to give her . ’ |
| 8 | She 'd lived without carpets for the first few weeks and it had been nearly a year before she 'd been able to ditch her old and undersized curtains . |
| 9 | It had been nearly a year ago , when the postman had delivered a letter postmarked Venice to the little cottage in Wales she had shared with her grandmother . |
| 10 | The rough guide is that there should be approximately a year 's progress-gap between each grade . |
| 11 | Fully conforming to British safety and design standards , its features include a low-battery signal , to tell you when the battery needs replacing ( which should only be once a year ) , and it comes complete with a five-year warranty and full instructions on use . |
| 12 | It must be nearly a year . |
| 13 | That wo n't be just si , it 's gon na be about a year or so 's time ! |
| 14 | Christmas , Christmas would be twice a year so we could have lots of good cheer . |
| 15 | ‘ We were saying , ’ said Charles , ‘ that it must be over a year since I last saw Esther . |
| 16 | ‘ It must be over a year and a half — nearly two years . |
| 17 | Must be over a year . |
| 18 | By the time this appears I will have been here a year ( 11 January ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Christina , I know I 've been here a year longer than you but I 'm sure you 've worked these things out for yourself by now . |
| 20 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 21 | Actually I 've been here a year . |
| 22 | By the time I had been there a year , I walked and neighed like the Houys . |
| 23 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
| 24 | Well it 's been quite a year overall , has n't it ? |
| 25 | It had been quite a year , in more ways than one … |
| 26 | It had been almost a year since she had found herself alone with a man in a bedroom , voluntarily , at least . |
| 27 | In the latter I was shocked to find letters from contenders for the distinction of Nottingham 's oldest graduate who were only a year or two older than I. Maybe I ought to record some of my own recollections as a student in the Physics Department of University College Nottingham during the academic years 1928 to 1932 . |
| 28 | It had been over a year since Katherine had seen him and again she was struck by the magnetism of those coal dark eyes , the indolence of his gestures as he took her hand and playfully brought it to his lips . |
| 29 | In truth , the last time had been over a year ago . |
| 30 | It 's been over a year since Russell kept wicket for his country , and even the England selectors now agree it was a mistake to drop him in the first place . |