Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [adj] [noun] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman whose wedding ring was stolen eight years ago has got it back . |
| 2 | Not since the Jockey Club was founded 243 years ago has such radical racing reform been in the air and today is also the threshold of a new era which begins with Britain 's betting shops next Thursday . |
| 3 | The local support groups and befriending schemes that MIND was running two years ago are expanding all the time , and a new advocacy service to help people with mental health problems deal with lawyers , the courts , doctors , and other professionals is taking off . |
| 4 | Major restoration projects include the Cathedral of Our Lady whose exterior is now almost complete ; inside , the first phase of work on the nave and roof was completed some years ago . |
| 5 | There are 14 people in Documentation and the department was established seven years ago when the old Royal Scottish Museum and the National Museum of Antiquities merged to become the National Museums of Scotland . |
| 6 | The twice-weekly programme was founded 15 years ago by Frank Delaney . |
| 7 | CCG 'S RELENTLESS pursuit of quality has been a vital factor in winning valuable contracts since the quality programme was launched 18 months ago . |
| 8 | When the BES programme was started ten years ago , it aimed to provide tax incentives for entrepreneurs willing to take the risk of investing over five years in new small businesses . |
| 9 | Although their research was done some years ago , the conclusions of Hatch and Mocroft still hold : ‘ On the whole , towns low in voluntary organisations tended to be the ones that were low in terms of social class ’ . |
| 10 | The British chapter was founded three years ago , and has made its presence felt in various ways , although they emphasise that ‘ We 're terribly shy and retiring — we 'd hate to think anyone felt we like drawing attention to ourselves . ’ |
| 11 | He is one of a series of Scholars in Residence who have run courses there since Schumacher College was started two years ago , with the support of the Dartington trustees , by Satish Kumar , the ever-busy founder of the Small School in north Devon , and editor of Resurgence magazine . |
| 12 | ‘ Equal pay for equal work ’ was a justifiable battle-cry of the feminist movement and that ambition was achieved some years ago . |
| 13 | Having failed to get the Europeans ' agreement on a course of action , Warren Christopher , America 's secretary of state , is back to what the Bush administration was saying 18 months ago : Yugoslavia is at heart a European problem . |
| 14 | Our marriage was arranged many years ago . |
| 15 | lt has come to the Prince 's ears , my lord , that the boy was seen some days ago entering Parfois , escorted by four of your men . |
| 16 | The mill 's equipment was removed many years ago following which it was converted to a row of cottages . |
| 17 | ‘ BEST-EXECUTION' — an adviser or broker dealing on the best available terms — was one of the pillars on which the Financial Services Act was built six years ago . |
| 18 | PERCY GEORGE HERBERT FENDER was born 100 years ago on August 22 . |
| 19 | The institute was formed six years ago as a result of the amalgamation of the Macaulay Institute of Soil Research and the Hill Farming Research Organisation . |
| 20 | If you had put £25 per month into a savings plan with the Pru when your child was born TEN years ago it would be worth £5,661 . |
| 21 | This fundamental requirement was established some years ago and is achieved by creating work , spatial , engineering and technical sub-files with the CAD part files . |
| 22 | Part of today 's cargo was assembled some weeks ago by Lance Corporal Gary Manning … a soldier who lost his life in the crash in Scotland . |
| 23 | A demo of Epic was released two years ago which was extremely impressive . |
| 24 | An effect of this sort was reported some years ago by Grastyan ( 1961 ) , who monitored an electrophysiological correlate ( hippocampal slow waves ) of the overt OR during conditioning and found that the electrical response diminished as the CR emerged . |
| 25 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 26 | But Dr Jaleel , who will represent Darlington , said the decision to hold the conference was made six months ago and was not about politics . |
| 27 | Although the London conference was arranged some time ago it became an opportunity for the princess to deliver her pledge in a speech re-written in the past day or two . |
| 28 | And since the custom was revived four years ago the cider crop has never been better . |
| 29 | Ministry of Defence approval was gained many years ago and as such PAS have supplied much needed parts to the RAF 's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight , all transactions being made with the relevant release documentation . |
| 30 | In this case , the meeting was arranged some time ago . |