Example sentences of "to [pron] a few [noun pl] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAGE 3 girls apparently are feeling the chill and quite unable to earn the sort of mega money available to them a few years ago . |
| 2 | He came up to me a few moments ago and said ‘ Do you remember me ? ’ |
| 3 | The competitive nature of public examinations was brutally brought home to me a few years ago when I was first impressed by the instructional potential of programmed learning . |
| 4 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
| 5 | ‘ Miss Tildy , ’ he said , ‘ I want to say that I 'm sorry for what I did to you a few days ago . |
| 6 | To him a few years ago : You are my finest invention . |
| 7 | That John should have kissed her like that — in the way she had quite often seen boys kiss girls on their way home- and that she should not have minded , apart from the slight awkwardness of the people surging around them , would have seemed incredible to her a few months ago . |