Example sentences of "five years ago [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Five years ago they invited me to go and spend Christmas with them . |
2 | Five years ago they took the 1927 Grand National Winners Cup . |
3 | ‘ Then five years ago we woke up and decided to sell washing machines instead . ’ |
4 | ‘ In that case I suggest we stick to it , because I have the strong feeling that if we start digging up what happened five years ago we will start arguing , and that wo n't help anybody . ’ |
5 | I wonder if we were to look down our wedding invitation list , nearly twenty five years ago we could have a gathering when we 're fifty five of all the people who were at our wedding if they 're around today . |
6 | But about five years ago it shifted ‘ on expert advice ’ , to a denser uranium titanium mixture . |
7 | Five years ago it was announced in a communique issued from Agriculture House that tomatoes which are smallish , about 7 to the pound , round , red all over , and firm are the best and command the highest prices . |
8 | Now , when I moved in here twenty five years ago it was a very , very nice block ! |
9 | When 1 bought the castle five years ago it was just a ruin . |
10 | But that that , I 've been reporting that fault regularly , five years ago it 's still there today . |
11 | But five years ago you had a good job , prospects , a nice house , money in the bank . |
12 | But since his arrival at the theatre five years ago he has worked with the artistic director , Roger Redfarn , to make full use of his evident skills in business management . |
13 | A stroke in 1976 started his health problems , and five years ago he moved to Sussex . |
14 | Five years ago he began seeing a psychotherapist , but stopped after two and a half years of treatment . |
15 | He was a very clever scientist , and five years ago he and Dorian had been good friends . |
16 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |
17 | This guy was great though we met in Ireland cos he was erm he used to own about three or four supermarkets , er small chains and he just one day , he 's about he 's about fifty eight , sixty now and one day he said about five years ago he just got fed up and just walked out . |
18 | Five years ago she 'd have got the woman sacked on some pretext , rendering her harmless if she alleged anything against a reputable doctor in a famous clinic . |
19 | Five years ago she was awarded an MBE in the Queen 's Birthday Honours . |
20 | When I first bought the vehicle five years ago I noticed gear oil in the boxes . |
21 | Five years ago I hired an aircraft to tour for two weeks in the USA and was briefed on the possibility of radio thefts and the method used . |
22 | Five years ago I had it at my fingertips . |
23 | ‘ Five years ago I met a woman called Irene Adler . |
24 | But colleagues , five years ago I looked forward to the merger between G M B and Apex and predicted by the year two thousand there would be only four major unions in Britain , call them the four super unions . |
25 | Twenty five years ago I became the Member of Parliament for East Grinstead . |
26 | my Lord , I , my Lord I do recall about five years ago I , remember advising one of the future 's markets and see come to the life of me remember what was in them |