Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] year ago [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After defeating ARThur ten years ago he has now decided that you , Kung Fu Louie , should be shown a little humiliation unless of course you have what it takes be Master . |
| 2 | In Australia six years ago they released a squealingly plump piglet onto the field , with the legend ‘ Eddie ’ daubed on its side . |
| 3 | When Neil Shaw , T&L 's shrewd Canadian chairman , bid for Staley three years ago he was well aware of the company 's track record in identifying new food ingredients at its Decatur research laboratories . |
| 4 | Having had the pleasure of meeting Willy De Roos several years ago he made a great impression on me and although little is publicised about his achievements , it is a shame that they are not better known . |
| 5 | When she joined Westminster seven years ago she was the SSD 's only Cantonese-speaking social worker . |
| 6 | ‘ After she had Sophie two years ago she continued to work as well as be a great mother . |
| 7 | IF YOU had been in Whitehall one day in April 13 years ago you would have witnessed a remarkable sight . |
| 8 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |