Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] a few years ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ OK , so there was poor Georgi Markov a few years ago in London . |
| 2 | In France , Jean-Pierre Chevènement , who resigned as defence minister shortly after the outbreak of war , accused the United States a few years ago of ‘ the organised cretinisation of our people . ’ |
| 3 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 4 | Although all of us are deeply concerned to know precisely what happened in East Timor , will she bear it in mind that , since Indonesia took over East Timor a few years ago , there has been considerable development of the infrastructure in that country , and that , although no one condones that massacre , we must know what has been going on before we adopt the language that we heard from the Labour party ? |
| 5 | The Manchester City chairman Peter Swales sacked Mel Machin a few years ago for the same reason ; rapport with fans , he believed , was even more important than results . |
| 6 | After her move from New York to New Mexico a few years ago , Rothenberg became neighbours with another aritst who has strongly influenced her career , Agnes martin . |