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Sinf 0 la (the same formation as no da) N 0 Z k f?
ti* brhh.
L
3 7': 0 Ci&4 0 Z k 72 (It was last year when S.O. talked . . .)
11 lih - S6L5
(a) B $ ~ ~ O @ ~ S ~ ~ . " & ~ ~ ~ % @ ~ : O C ; ~ : Z < & % O Z ~ R ,
(It was only recently that I began to understand how interesting Japa-
nese is.)
I%&,<+# h&Ew: i Ifh.
(b) $-#$%7ebU$~ b~~;kf;0l;f:l960~~t~&~0ZkTdia0
(It was in the late sixties when genuine robots came out.)
(c) ~9~~~~&&&0~i~~0&;h110~kG~7eb~f24,~~
(It will be around the end of next month when we get galley proofs.)

Ihvt, tL: 'r+k
(f) &&-k$d~j5."($&< $b>-Cb>& I~*L ~6%fif:0G;f:9b>~$>gi3~m0~
k
tjbo~ci,,r;~i+, j$fj'k~f.kb> jz&fz0
(Although it was only (about) a month ago when I saw Ken'ichi and
Toshiko walking together intimately, I heard they've already split up.)

This structure is a special form of - no wa - da and is used when a particu-
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lar time is under focus. (e no wa - da (DBJG: 33742))