Example sentences of "[adj] years ago people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe a few years ago people would have disapproved . |
| 2 | Compared with 25 years ago people marry later . |
| 3 | Five years ago people might have thought her greatest contribution had been to the British fashion industry . |
| 4 | Twenty years ago people argued about definitions but they did not really disagree about a system of values which centred the individual 's worth in a family context and saw counselling as the social worker 's core skill . |
| 5 | A hundred years ago people brushed with toothpaste made from burnt eggshells or crumbled porcelain . |
| 6 | So , while 200 years ago people were kidnapped by the fairies , now it 's aliens . |
| 7 | 20 years ago PEOPLE in Darlington could choose between learning the Language of Love on screen on the ABC or asking When Did You Last See My Mother ? ( ‘ a stimulating and imaginative modern play ’ ) at the Civic . |