Example sentences of "[noun] a few [noun pl] ago [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure members will be aware speed speedway received financial assistance from the Council a few years ago when they ran into difficulties . |
| 2 | I did see gordon in town a few weeks ago though if that counts for anything … |
| 3 | Hewlett-Packard Co folks laid us a false trail a few weeks ago when we reported — on their say-so — that the company would be letting two more Snakes out of the basket come mid September ( UX No 397 ) . |
| 4 | The ‘ Romance ’ from The Gadfly became , of course , a popular favourite a few years ago when it was used as the theme for the TV series Reilly : Ace of Spies , but as played here by the Chicago Sinfonietta under Paul Freeman it 's altogether drier ad more reticent — no comparison at all with the recording by the USSR Cinema SO under Emin Khachaturian on CfP which glows with warmth and stylish authenticity . |
| 5 | One of the subscribers taking part in the trials said : ‘ I would n't have had the problems I had with malicious calls a few years ago if I 'd had Caller Display then . ’ |
| 6 | There were problems a few years ago when it first started with th the initial contract which was was won by the the County 's own direct service organization and now it seems we 're having a repeat of of those problems . |
| 7 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |
| 8 | Management at Darlington 's Memorial Hospital introduced new procedures a few weeks ago when no food could be found in the hospital for a diabetic patient who had just been admitted . |
| 9 | But the pair returned to Britain a few weeks ago after homesick Joanna complained that Rome did not match up to Newcastle . |
| 10 | He had told her about the cannabis bed a few days ago when they had been walking in the garden and her eyes had widened in shock . |
| 11 | Mind you , I was in a pub in Manchester a few months ago when Eric Le Prat walked in , but that 's a different story … |
| 12 | Mind you , I was in a pub in Manchester a few months ago when Eric Le Prat walked in , but that 's a different story … |
| 13 | He added : ‘ We started producing CD and SRi versions with the airbag a few weeks ago so several customers will already have been pleasantly surprised to find that their new car has one fitted completely free of charge . ’ |
| 14 | The Strozzi-Sacrati collection achieved celebrity status a few years ago when a forged will was discovered in a bureau in the palace , placed there by an antique dealer sporting a false moustache who had gained entry on the pretext of checking items in the collection . |
| 15 | John Major made a perceptive observation a few days ago when he declared that he found many people to be cross , rather than angry , about the recession . |