Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | A TEENAGER was repeatedly stabbed by a masked man in a busy area in broad daylight a year ago . |
| 2 | Locally-trained Mauir Joyful ( 8.48 ) was impressive over the shorter course a week ago and is unlikely to be troubled in getting the extra distance . |
| 3 | The major auction houses have moved with the times and have found new ways of selling works which in both form and content would have proved an unstable investment a decade ago . |
| 4 | I moved away from home to work in another town a year ago , and have met a man who , as far as I 'm concerned , is Mr Right . |
| 5 | Rick Fehr , who , like Kite , lost out in a play-off for this title a year ago , closed with a 67 to match the old tournament record of 331 . |
| 6 | Ali : ‘ I DJed at this event a while ago and the place was full of goths . |
| 7 | Outright sales were down on what was a pretty dim quarter a year ago , but at least the headline figures enabled John Akers to make his characteristically jaunty statement with a little more justification than of late . |
| 8 | She had made a wrong choice a year ago , had put Steve and her career before the man she loved , but there had been more to it than that . |
| 9 | Since its post-crash peak a month ago , share prices have fallen by 8.5 per cent . |
| 10 | It is an entirely suitable match since Scully used the title of the great author 's adventure story for a celebrated picture which launched his expressive style a decade ago . |
| 11 | He was in this office a fortnight ago saying that it was about time as his father was getting on and one never knew , et cetera et cetera … |
| 12 | Expenditure was £20.1 billion in January and £199.5 billion in the year to date , compared with £19.5 billion and £176.4 billion at this stage a year ago . |
| 13 | It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago . |
| 14 | Cripps , for instance , admitted that he " was bitterly opposed to any such alignment a year ago " . |
| 15 | The United pilots ' union had attempted unsuccessfully to finance a similar bid a year ago when the airline was trading at less than half the final sale price . |
| 16 | After Pontypool took similar action a decade ago , against California Golden Poppies in San Francisco , they were banned from touring for three years . |
| 17 | As a whole , in spite of the splendour of much of the singing , this ca n't quite replace present recommendations , particularly those in the historic field , but I am sure it thrilled the audience in the Suntory Hall a year ago and I shall return to it from time to time for its visceral force and its sense of a tension well sustained . |
| 18 | The Victorian block of flats where Christine Mills lived had been painted a dark green a decade ago and the wood of the frames now showed through in parts , black and rotten . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Mr Paul Tsongas , the former Massachusetts senator who suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination a month ago , hinted yesterday that he might re-enter the race if Mr Clinton did poorly in New York . |
| 20 | It believes that the Country needs a return of the sane principles of ‘ peace , retrenchment , and reform ’ , which formed the basis of Liberal policy a generation ago . |
| 21 | The police also have photographs of the men committing a similar offence a week ago . |
| 22 | ‘ You said it was straightforward policing a moment ago . |
| 23 | A Saga Holidays spokeswoman has told us that Saga contracted rooms with the Roman Hotel a year ago for this season . |
| 24 | His parents want him to continue his navy career which was the cause of so much celebration a year ago . |
| 25 | All three parties were braced for a possible photo-finish as the latest poll gave Labour a two-point lead — reduced from six in a similar survey a week ago . |
| 26 | LIVERPOOL 'S Mike Marsh last night looked ahead to another big European night at sold-out Anfield and declared : ‘ Even if the crowd does n't scare Spartak , it will lift us ! ’ second goal a year ago when Liverpool overhauled Auxerre 3-0 in the UEFA Cup . |
| 27 | Farnham Street is close to the route taken by a controversial Black Preceptory parade a fortnight ago . |
| 28 | You see , I was a little kid a year ago and I made the mistake kids make . |
| 29 | My wife ran off with her leading man a month ago . |
| 30 | UNTIL John Whitaker had to scratch Henderson Milton with last-minute lameness a week ago , the 1992 Volvo World Cup final in Del Mar had been billed as the ‘ duel of the World Cup champions ’ — Milton 's rival in this ‘ shoot-out ’ being Canadian Ian Millar 's Big Ben , the first horse to win the World Cup twice , in 1988 and 1989 . |