Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] a few years ago " in BNC.

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1 This state of affairs has complicated my present task , since what was current when I began thinking about this book a few years ago , and , indeed , when working on earlier drafts of it , is now ceasing to be so .
2 So it was with some surprise a few years ago that our attention was drawn from the dull French film noir onscreen to the back of the cinema , where a couple were resolving a lovers ' squabble .
3 The CRL tackled this problem a few years ago , developing ice-lined refrigerators : tubes of water surrounding the fridge compartment freeze ; if the power fails , the tubes keep the vaccines cool until all the ice has melted .
4 Reflected Glory reunites him with writer Ronald Harwood and director Elijah Moskinsky , with whom he worked on the stage production of Another Time a few years ago .
5 We took us caravan up that way a few years ago I ca n't remember s what it called s sa what they call the men up there ?
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