Example sentences of "there [was/were] [adv] a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the partial exception of the two decades which followed the Treaty of Utrecht ( and even then there were probably never less than half a million men under arms in Europe ) there was scarcely a year in the century during which a large-scale struggle was not either raging or threatened in some part of the continent . |
| 2 | It was reputed to be one of Europe 's most disordered cities , and there was scarcely a year in which some rioting did not take place . |
| 3 | This new position was achieved only as a result of continuous warfare ; there was hardly a year in the third century that did not see the Roman army engaged in some campaign . |
| 4 | There was only a year between their ages and there had always been a close bond between them . |
| 5 | Even though there was only a year between the two boys , Charlie looked on Terry as his little brother . |
| 6 | There was only a year 's difference in our ages . |