Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] years [adv] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not so many years ago it would have taken me a little longer myself . |
| 2 | Just three years later she would have precedence over most of them . |
| 3 | Not many years ago I would have considered this rod as too stiff , robbing me of the enjoyment of feeling and seeing a good fish put a decent bend into it . |
| 4 | Till about 5 years ago I used to run a tea stall . |
| 5 | It must have been about four years ago we 'd come . |
| 6 | If I 'd been standing here fifteen years ago I 'd have been run over by now because there were four lanes of traffic running around here . |
| 7 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 8 | Fifteen , maybe twenty years ago it might have been possible . |