Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] years ago [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They bought me three years ago when I got dropped out of Mars-U before my geology finals . |
| 2 | This was brought home to me many years ago when I dived into the River Kennet with an aqualung . |
| 3 | ‘ If someone had told me five years ago that I would be living amongst murderers , I would not have believed it . |
| 4 | I became involved with him some years ago when I was consulted by Lord Rayne who told me that he had a friend — a leading paediatrician in London — whose daughter was in serious trouble . |
| 5 | It had been told to him many years ago when he was a boy , shortly after he had arrived in Carewscourt . |
| 6 | So here I publish a picture of him ten years ago when he was Junior Minister he is enjoying a marvellous a party at London 's Intercontinental Hotel . |
| 7 | Sarah spent weeks with him two years ago after he broke his arm in a polo accident , treating him daily at Highgrove , Balmoral and Baroness de Waldner 's home . |
| 8 | We dealt with him two years ago and we 'd like to speak and and we 're we 're looking for a repeat |
| 9 | I 've also still got my old Gibson Melody Maker ; I put humbuckers in it many years ago and it 's got a really warm , big sound . |
| 10 | ‘ You know , they remind me of myself thirty years ago when I was a student activist at Oxford , ’ enthused Horsley . |