Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] ago " in BNC.
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1 | The boys could see that in reception classes , as in the all-in village school of a few generations ago , only one teacher taught all subjects to children between twelve and sixteen . |
2 | She could n't explain now her bitter fury of a few moments ago or why she had used Marie to take revenge on Simon . |
3 | If that is the case , the Home Secretary 's statement of a few moments ago is wrong . |
4 | He was already striding towards the door , the gentleness of a few moments ago already forgotten , Lindsey realised , with a surprising stab of regret . |
5 | His words of a few days ago came unbidden into her mind . |
6 | The decision to cut the federal funds rate — the level at which banks borrow from each other overnight — from 4 to 33/4 p.c. is a far cry from market concerns of a few weeks ago that the Fed might soon tighten monetary policy . |
7 | Guitarist Simon Walker left right at the end of recording and so , as of a few weeks ago , we have a brand-new House Of Love guitarist — ex-Woodentop Simon Mawby , fresh from playing funky Chic-style stuff behind Jimmy Somerville , and now in the unenviable position of trying to learn the new album while compressing three guitar parts into one in order to play it live . |
8 | ‘ Nevertheless , the atmosphere today compared to that of a few weeks ago is more conducive to a satisfactory settlement , ’ concluded Donald . |
9 | Wondering whether the prim Miss Goody-Goody of a few months ago had really metamorphosed into this forlorn and wanton creature , Miranda said , ‘ I 'll send a car for you . |
10 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
11 | Most remind me of the Sinclair Spectrum games of a few years ago , but that last one is a typical Japanese ‘ happy jumpy scrolly ’ game — weird , but compulsive . |
12 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
13 | But not many people this century , even during the boom of a few years ago ( when Tory ministers still bragged about the ‘ sea change ’ that had supposedly taken place in the British economy ) , have ever seriously thought of the UK as a ‘ land of opportunity ’ . |
14 | as he reflects the situation of a few years ago . |
15 | He walked past a few minutes ago and said that 's the third letter you 've written today why do n't you put them in the same envelope and save postage ? |
16 | It was left behind a few days ago , Ramsbum does n't know by whom , and no one 's claimed it . ’ |
17 | I know Amy went to see it when it was at the Palace , I 'm talking about a few years ago , |
18 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes COSE really wants it to join , something it was n't quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
19 | Digital Equipment Corp now believes that the Common Open Software Environment crowd really want it to join them , something that it was not quite sure about a few weeks ago . |
20 | It 's not like the prayers that we heard about a few weeks ago , from Paul 's letters to Timothy and Philemon , where he was addressing an individual . |
21 | The fact is that diesel engines are produced in huge volume compared with a few years ago , reducing costs considerably , while petrol engines have grown ever more complex . |
22 | I 'm amazingly affluent compared with a few years ago , especially when I was on the dole for three years . |
23 | It did look terribly empty , such a change from a few hours ago when music had filled the air and swaying bodies had danced and laughed and fooled about . |
24 | Again , while the emphasis in television has changed slightly from a few decades ago , for instance in the acceptance that women can be sufficiently authoritative to read news broadcasts , nevertheless we still have Westerns full of macho cowboys and soap operas with glamorous full-time housewives . |
25 | Let me read you two or three other verses from that same book of Hebrews that we read from a few moments ago . |
26 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
27 | Near as we can tell , the courtship between Novell Inc and Unix System Labs Inc is unchanged from a few weeks ago when the news broke that Novell Inc could buy a greater share in the AT&T subsidiary ( UX No 398 ) . |
28 | That farewell to the coaches was going to be ‘ Hello ’ until a few minutes ago when the British Olympic Association suddenly cancelled a meet-the-press day . |
29 | THE 13-year-old airliner — the newest in El Al 's jumbo fleet — carried hundreds of passengers until a few months ago . |
30 | Until a few months ago . ’ |