Example sentences of "in [noun prp] a few years ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | These had followed a similarly successful event held in Brussels a few years ago for members in Belgium . |
| 2 | yeah , that , that 's how I bought it in Sainsburys a few years ago |
| 3 | And a strike in nickel mines in Canada a few years ago affected Britain seriously because they were by far the country 's biggest supplier . |
| 4 | ‘ You got together again in Sydney a few years ago , I 'm told , and here you are a third time . |
| 5 | I was in China a few years ago and was fascinated to discover there was one bicycle for every thirty Chinese , and you see they 're not going to be distributed very equally are they ? |
| 6 | At a business seminar in Australia a few years ago , Kerry Packer described his method of obtaining loans : ‘ Make sure you get the bankers to come to your office . |
| 7 | Well , I , I , I mean I 've been to one , to a meeting , they had in Manchester a few years ago , Irene 's been to some . |
| 8 | ‘ During the three months I was in America a few years ago , it would happen again and again . |
| 9 | In fact I sat next to her at a lunch in Abingdon a few years ago , and erm this image one got of her of not being a listener is totally untrue erm every time she turned to me it was to listen to what I had to say . |