Example sentences of "[noun prp] a few years ago [prep] " in BNC.

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1 These had followed a similarly successful event held in Brussels a few years ago for members in Belgium .
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 ‘ OK , so there was poor Georgi Markov a few years ago in London .
4 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 .
5 When she went to Bolsover a few years ago at the time of the salmonella in eggs crisis , she went into South Normanton marketplace and met a woman there who said , ’ Hey you , are you Currie , the one about the salmonella ? ’
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