Example sentences of "twenty years [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years ago a film concerning bears would use playful music for bears at play , and portray the animals as living teddy bears . |
| 2 | Twenty years ago a poor vicar fell in love with a rich man 's daughter . |
| 3 | Some twenty years ago a single font would have cost you around $4,500 . |
| 4 | The hosiery industry was traditionally one consisting almost entirely of small family firms , but twenty years ago a few yarn suppliers and other major companies bought out large numbers of them . |
| 5 | They did erm twenty years ago a teenager , a girl of sixteen could leave home she could pick up a job just like that ! |
| 6 | Okay now we 've had this for twenty years so a lot of these have been resold of course . |