Example sentences of "year [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a great movie fan , each year I try and keep a fortnight clear to spend time at the Birmingham International Film and Television Festival . |
| 2 | In less than a year I would reach retirement age and I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 3 | You may recall that earlier in the year I burdened you with my worries . |
| 4 | This year I am also trying ‘ Chinese Yellow ’ , claimed to be very resistant to poor weather . |
| 5 | However , another year I shall not grow even a low line of peas along the south border . |
| 6 | Last year I was given a beautiful blue pot hydrangea which I planted in the garden when it finished flowering . |
| 7 | In that same year I was posted to South Shields on the south bank of the River Tyne and quickly became aware that I had an enormous burden to carry , simply because I had spent all of my previous service on ‘ the other side of the river ’ . |
| 8 | You may remember that in the December issue of Woodworker last year I wrote about John Makepeace 's new venture , Hooke Park College . |
| 9 | During last year I came into possession of a large quantity of 1/4in router bits . |
| 10 | This year I have come across a group using a bothy as a base from which to run mountain walking courses . |
| 11 | It is nice that we can play them again so soon , but since last year I think they have improved . ’ |
| 12 | Once a year I attended the school play . |
| 13 | This year I have paid for it . |
| 14 | Earlier this year I led a party of Americans on a walking tour in the Scottish Highlands . |
| 15 | Earlier this year I received another carefully written letter from my correspondent . |
| 16 | The boots served me well in wet weather doing an admirable job in keeping my feet dry , but on some of the hotter days this year I did find that my feet got unpleasantly hot and sweaty . |
| 17 | At the end of my foundation year I 'd been voted in as Social Secretary , in charge of putting on all the shows there . |
| 18 | Many of last year 's group were interested in going to a church service , so this year I have arranged to bring them to the morning service at St. Clements on Sunday , 15th July . |
| 19 | THIS time last year I struck one of the most unlucky ante-post bets of my whole racing career when taking the 16-1 Ten Plus for the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 20 | ‘ For the next year I devoured every written word I could find on dolphins and whales . |
| 21 | Thomas was two years younger than I and I never met him till the year I left St. Paul 's School ( 1894 ) . |
| 22 | At the end of the year I wrote telling him I no longer required it . ’ |
| 23 | Next year I shall plant crown imperials , Fritillaria imperialis , round the garden as I am told this will deter even the most persistent mole . |
| 24 | Last year I found a pure white form with black veins . |
| 25 | Every year I have several large ants ' nests under the paving and in my flower borders . |
| 26 | This year I bedded out a few of these house plants in a prominent position in the garden . |
| 27 | That was the year I went on my first diet . |
| 28 | That year I was nearly twenty-three . |
| 29 | Early this year I secluded myself up here for a life of quiet , concentrated study and meditation , rediscovering myself in the vastness and solitude of the mountains . |
| 30 | ‘ When I was fifteen my mother thought I was still a child … but that year I discovered life , rock and roll and love with a boy named Brownie Hansen … ’ |