Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly not as well as her books sold a few years ago . |
| 2 | The office of chief operating officer that OSF created a few months ago has been abolished . |
| 3 | But for Ben Hunt ; his passion for motorbikes started a long time ago . |
| 4 | There has been an encouraging response since the club advertised a few days ago . |
| 5 | Indeed , I agree entirely with what the Leader of the Opposition said a few years ago , that ’ proportional representation is fundamentally counter-democratic in any case . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The coach arrived a long time ago ! |
| 7 | The story of Eddie Aikau began a long time ago : |
| 8 | Now they use tractors , some pesticides , some inorganic fertilisers , but nevertheless most of the people of Umbria voted a few weeks ago in favour of a referendum which would have severely restricted the sale , and therefore the consumption , of pesticides . |
| 9 | It says , for instance , that it ‘ should have done what COSE did a long time ago . ’ |
| 10 | He said that Microsoft would like to have the dominant position in the industry that IBM had a few years ago ‘ but I do n't think that will happen ’ . |
| 11 | We still grow some of the varieties listed a hundred years ago many of which had already been improved by the 1890s , some favourites like ‘ White Lisbon ’ spring onions and ‘ Scarlet Globe ’ and ‘ French Breakfast ’ radishes were also established . |
| 12 | She swallowed hard and began , ‘ Well , the Big Bang happened a long time ago . |
| 13 | But then , all this business happened a long time ago . |
| 14 | ‘ … and homicide Lieutenant Wilson stated a few minutes ago that the police are closing in . |
| 15 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 16 | Cardinal Heenan warned a long time ago that by the year 2,000 there would be no Catholic Church in our country if something was not done to rectify things . |
| 17 | The Cage disappeared a long time ago in the past , leaving whoever buys the property , a clear view across the Chilterns into the future . |
| 18 | The post of chief operating officer that the Foundation created a few months ago has been abolished . |
| 19 | After all , these things happened a long time ago . |
| 20 | My wife died a few months ago . ’ |
| 21 | THE head went a long time ago , then it was the legs — but on Thursday night it was Martina Navratilova 's heart that had gone from her game . |
| 22 | The right hon. Gentleman spoke a short while ago of consistency and clarity . |
| 23 | That 's what the bosses of master brewer Guinness did a few years ago . |
| 24 | Alec also owns Mooney of Kerrville , Texas , and that is where the TBM 700 story started a few years ago . |
| 25 | Kevin tried a few years ago and failed this time … he aims to make history … and if he does we 'll be there … |
| 26 | ‘ Your father arrived a few minutes ago , and is waiting to see you . ’ |
| 27 | Liz died a long while ago . ’ |
| 28 | They live modestly on income from securities that Edhi bought a long time ago . |
| 29 | Child benefit is the only benefit which is in fact available to women , even then the government tried a few years ago to change that and to make it paid to the man . |
| 30 | The fact that a criminal offence occurred a long time ago does not absolve the wrong-doer from guilt , and justice must be done , whether it is 30 or 300 years later . |