Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] a [adj] [noun sg] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | Level 3 Know that some life forms became extinct a long time ago and others more recently . |
| 2 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 3 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 4 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 5 | Where was the man she had lain with and loved such a short while ago ? |
| 6 | Who would have believed this a short time ago ? … |
| 7 | Why did not local authorities do that a long time ago ? |