Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] time ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been awkward for me to ask our family doctor to prescribe it : he knew my husband and I had parted some time ago . |
| 2 | Completed some time ago , the government then held up its publication when the Spycatcher affair erupted , so that it could not be accused of double standards in trying to ban Wright 's book while giving Hinsley 's the nod . |
| 3 | To pursue the question put by the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ( Mr. Campbell ) , the Secretary of State will be aware that the long lead orders for the four Trident submarines were placed some time ago and that construction is quite well advanced . |
| 4 | Because of this she felt generous and said she had realised some time ago that a really beautiful man was very much more beautiful than the most beautiful woman , and was n't that interesting . |
| 5 | ‘ It was arranged some time ago . ’ |
| 6 | In this case , the meeting was arranged some time ago . |
| 7 | Although the London conference was arranged some time ago it became an opportunity for the princess to deliver her pledge in a speech re-written in the past day or two . |
| 8 | Some of the others were wounded some time ago . |
| 9 | In nineteen eighty three from nineteen fifty three after thirty years of making cheese , they changed his job , I think many of you are ahead of me already , he said I was given a job change and I began working in landscaping , how nice while being interviewed some time ago I was asked what I thought about being giving a job change after thirty years of making cheese and he said well it did n't bother me , I noted , frankly because I did n't like making cheese anyway |
| 10 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 11 | A lot of erm group one plans are , there are about ten thousand plans that are showing an arrears status at the moment , and premium has been missed some time ago , it 's not a , not a current premium , which means on the fifteenth of June or the first of July we will automatically go in and pick up two premiums , we 'll t we 'll try and collect the arrears without having notified the client of it in any way at all . |
| 12 | ‘ I had noticed some time ago that the shoemaker had a beautiful daughter and the more I saw of her , the more I liked her . ’ |
| 13 | He pointed out that modifying the credit acquisition policies might have only a minimal effect , since most of the losses were from cases accepted some time ago . |
| 14 | It is now diminishing as metric sizes were adopted some time ago . |
| 15 | BOSS ME-6 & ME-10 BOSS 's success in the effects pedal market was expanded some time ago with the introduction of the ME-5 and BE-5 multipedals . |
| 16 | Second arrival was the nose section of Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ579 , last seen some time ago at Farnborough . |
| 17 | Many others , however , will have retired some time ago , and will not have sufficient resources . |
| 18 | Ace had actually understood some time ago , but if there was one lesson that she would take away gladly from her time with the Doctor , it was that it was better to have people underestimate your abilities than overestimate them . |
| 19 | A group of antigens capable of stimulating a strong mixed lymphocyte reaction between mice of the same MHC haplotype was recognised some time ago , and these were termed minor lymphocyte stimulating ( Mls ) determinants . |
| 20 | The G-BUM series appears to have been passed over — with G-BUMF and G-BUMP allotted some time ago we can not believe the CAA has turned prudish in its old age … ! |
| 21 | Erm ironically after I wrote erm the letter was typed on Monday erm to Mr Mr the only lights that have been fixed since are the ones at the end of my street and the next street not as I complained about ones on the main road erm there 's an example that 's been going on for many months where a problem , an acknowledged problem of access existed which was the reason for delay but that as I understand it has been overcome some time ago now and it 's still there , this is a group of seven lights together , the lot , erm these lights are still out , they 're not in my ward in fact , they 're just . |
| 22 | Though they will travel well prepared , the Lancashire club have no idea as to the strength of opposition they will meet , Harlequins having indicated some time ago that a number of their senior players may have other commitments during the Easter break . |
| 23 | Cos I think they 'd gone some time ago . |
| 24 | This involves helping staff through the possible stages of individual crises identified some time ago in the USA , eg the phases of ‘ shock ’ , ‘ defensive retreat ’ , ‘ acknowledgement ’ , ‘ adaption and change ’ Fink , Beak and Taddeo , 1971 ) . |
| 25 | erm that was actually issued some time ago but was n't briefed . |
| 26 | But I do know that the real Louise Müller was removed some time ago so that you could take her place . ’ |
| 27 | During the course of this session , I repeatedly reminded her of the fact that she was seeing something which had happened some time ago and that time had proved her recovery to be complete — something which had been born out by the numerous examinations and X-rays she had since undergone . |
| 28 | ‘ I ca n't recall it ever happening in any association affiliated to the IBA before , although it may have happened some time ago , ’ added the former Irish international player . |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't recall it ever happening in any association affiliated to the IBA before , although it may have happened some time ago , ’ added the former Irish international player . |
| 30 | I had discovered some time ago that he had loved Claudia Cohn-Casson . |