Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] ago [noun] was " in BNC.
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1 | When they opened the ground at a few years ago Bill was still alive , and er we could go and visit , go into the ground and go and have a look round and it was open to the , the general public . |
2 | A few years ago Saunderson was a tele-communications student at the local East Michigan University . |
3 | The Japanese are number one in terms of imports in the US ceramics market , whereas a few years ago Wedgwood was clearly number one . |
4 | Just a few weeks ago Safet was re-united with his mother , wife , and the daughter he had never seen , Emina . |
5 | Just as we saw a few weeks ago Zaccheus was , er , between him being up the tree and hitting the ground , that man was converted . |
6 | After getting physically very weak as the result of being unable to eat without extreme discomfort , a few weeks ago Molly was admitted to the Royal Homeopathic Hospital Great Ormond Street where doctors found and dealt with a severe restriction in her stomach . |
7 | ‘ A few months ago Emma was undergoing chemotherapy and was unable to walk , so a train journey would have been very difficult for her . |
8 | Paul Hardyman ( full back ) : A few months ago Hardyman was down in the dumps Sunderland had shelled out £350,000 for another left back , Anton Rogan , and his days at Roker looked numbered . |