Example sentences of "two years [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former Air Chief Marshall and Governor General of Gibraltar was gunned down two years ago while in the drawing room of his mock-Tudor house in the village of Milford , Staffs . |
| 2 | Sarah spent weeks with him two years ago after he broke his arm in a polo accident , treating him daily at Highgrove , Balmoral and Baroness de Waldner 's home . |
| 3 | The foundation was dissociated from the UK operation more than two years ago after Jansen resigned as chief executive of the Richmond Fellowship UK . |
| 4 | Two years ago cos this is the anniversary . |
| 5 | Hailed two years ago as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Europe , the painted caves at Alave in northern Spain are decorated with images of animals , symbols and splashes of colour . |
| 6 | Jatinder came back to England two years ago as their son could not cope with the Indian climate . |
| 7 | This was a truly remarkable achievement for Chris , who was diagnosed two years ago as having medically untreatable tumours in his lungs . |
| 8 | Yes my brother er joined the Army about two years ago until he took his own life earlier on this summer . |
| 9 | Byrne , the Republic of Ireland striker who considered retiring from the game less than two years ago because his career had stagnated in France , maintained his record of scoring in every round of what has become a romantic Wearside success story . |
| 10 | We bought our 1920s terraced house two years ago because of the size and character it offered compared to new houses of a similar price . |
| 11 | Castlebrae was threatened with closure two years ago because of falling school rolls but the local community fought to achieve a stay of execution . |
| 12 | His mission had been planned two years ago when he worked well with stablemate Balthus , the 1987 Cambridgeshire winner , and Glover promises he has something else in the yard to continue the trend in two years . |
| 13 | The pair had met two years ago when Hardy scored a convincing 10-round win in a non-title bout . |
| 14 | The Flowers arrived on the scene two years ago when their London Records LP , ‘ People ’ , became the biggest selling debut in Irish pop history . |
| 15 | Marshall , 34 , who announced his retirement from international cricket after the World Cup , has signed a new contract with the county and will fill a gap created two years ago when Paul Terry stepped down as No 2 to Mark Nicholas . |
| 16 | Her mind brought her abruptly back to the present when she thought , that was until two years ago when Jessie left the Dame School . |
| 17 | Dad looked as if he was dying for a cigarette : he gave up smoking two years ago when his secretary-before-last got lung cancer . |
| 18 | We started with Martin Hannett two years ago when we began writing , and of course Martin died . |
| 19 | Diana topped a similar poll two years ago when the Queen Mother came third . |
| 20 | Bryan 's name first surfaced in London 's snob society two years ago when he met the Yorks at a dinner party . |
| 21 | The project began approximately two years ago when the Belgian Ministry of Finance seemed to know little about Electronic Data Interchange , Gilmont says . |
| 22 | And there was one of last Christmas ' bestsellers : ‘ I was watching television about two years ago when I saw this ad . |
| 23 | The Defa studios in the East Berlin suburb of Badelsburg are no longer the crumbling , work-shy , institutionalized dump they were two years ago when we began this project and were looking for a home for it . |
| 24 | That was seen to maximum effect two years ago when just a hint from McGuinness that the IRA might declare a ceasefire in return for talks with the Government was hailed by Whitehall as a major breakthrough . |
| 25 | Garrison Savannah who almost won the National two years ago appears to have returned to his old form if you take his Gold Cup run on board for he was always in touch before blundering and losing his chance late in the race , but he may not stay the trip as happened two years ago when he was beaten by Seagram . |
| 26 | ‘ I think he will take all the beating in the National for he ran well round Aintree two years ago when he was second . |
| 27 | Marseille , who themselves have a tycoon owner in Bernard Tapie , will be hoping to go one better than two years ago when they lost to Red Star Belgrade on penalties . |
| 28 | He recalled his last visit to the Company 's Great Cornard factory two years ago when he presented with the Queen 's Award for Export . |
| 29 | Philip moved to Elderslie two years ago when L.D.P. Warwick factory was closed down . |
| 30 | That was until about two years ago when unfortunately the home where she worked was closed down and she was made redundant . |