Example sentences of "[art] few years ago the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The swings had gone and the pier had been demolished ; a few years ago the Council had given permission for a café-and-restaurant to be built , but the place had only been open a month when it caught fire and was burned out ; the Fire Brigade could n't get to it , the promenade being too narrow for their vehicles . |
| 2 | A few years ago the cousin of a Sumatran friend of ours was killed by a singularly persistent elephant . |
| 3 | Was , because a few years ago the hotel burned down and has gone forever . |
| 4 | Until a few years ago the parish had the right to nominate one person to the Aims Houses at Cobham , also known as Cobham College . |
| 5 | It has now been restored to a superb family home by the present Lord and Lady Feversham and it is hard to imagine that only a few years ago the house was little more than an empty , echoing shell . |
| 6 | A few years ago the start was changed from the South Reading Community Centre to the Rivermead Leisure Centre ; the new set-up has proved popular with runners . |