Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] years ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not many people this century , even during the boom of a few years ago ( when Tory ministers still bragged about the ‘ sea change ’ that had supposedly taken place in the British economy ) , have ever seriously thought of the UK as a ‘ land of opportunity ’ . |
| 2 | The first known inhabitants of Italy lived around a quarter of a million years ago , when the country was mostly inhabited by elephants and rhinoceroses . |
| 3 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
| 4 | The butteris was in use until a hundred years ago in Britain with local variations in form , as seen in the examples from Oxfordshire and Sussex ( fig. 6.2 ) now in the Museum of Rural Life at Reading . |
| 5 | When they opened the ground at a few years ago Bill was still alive , and er we could go and visit , go into the ground and go and have a look round and it was open to the , the general public . |
| 6 | In contrast to a few years ago when one would rarely hear any teaching on the Holy Spirit , it seems that some people can speak of nothing else these days . |
| 7 | An unknown writer observing at the restoration work of 1887 says of the nave , the walls were found to be covered with old surface paintings , and Fielding in his Memories of Malling , writes , " In Halling Church until a few years ago existed the uncouth painting over the chancel arch , variously described as the tale of the unfaithful wife and the emblematic representation of the seven deadly sins . |
| 8 | as he reflects the situation of a few years ago . |
| 9 | The Cabernet Sauvignon from Languedoc is made by a company that was struggling to make ends meet by blending plonk until a few years ago . |
| 10 | He explains : ‘ I 'm a really big Liverpool fan and used to be a Kopite until a few years ago . |