Example sentences of "[noun pl] ago for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them three months ago for a violent attack . |
| 2 | The duo came to Darlington about 18 months ago for a one-night show , but have not played panto in the North-East before . |
| 3 | Laura , who was flown to the USA five months ago for a life-saving double transplant operation , was re-united with her two-year-old brother Louis . |
| 4 | Mr Archer had left her four years ago for a married man with a beard who lived , people said , in Shepherds Bush . |
| 5 | The job was initially priced over two years ago for a different scheme but incorporating the same layout . |
| 6 | Bought in an English street market thirty years ago for a few shillings , a hitherto unidentified still-life by Luis Melendez ( 1716–1780 ) was sold at Bonhams on 10 December for £850,000 ( $1.36 million ) . |
| 7 | Of course now they 're recalling the fact that Tweed 's wife left him several years ago for a Greek shipping magnate , that he has n't had a lot to do with women since … ’ |