Example sentences of "[art] few years [adv] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Strozzi-Sacrati collection achieved celebrity status a few years ago when a forged will was discovered in a bureau in the palace , placed there by an antique dealer sporting a false moustache who had gained entry on the pretext of checking items in the collection . |
| 2 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |
| 3 | That seems a far cry from just a few years ago when the only diesels were lorries , buses and the occasional taxi . |
| 4 | Then a few years later when the problems develop they say , oh god we 're terribly sorry , we 'll take the drug off the market . |
| 5 | Well , I take as I find , and can only say that I was happy to do Toshack a favour a few years back when a friend , an international fixer with contacts in Portuguese football , rang to ask if anyone might be available to Sporting Lisbon . |