Example sentences of "a [adj] time ago [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know what kind of madness overtook me , ’ he said , ‘ but a little time ago I made a contract with somebody to have her killed . ’ |
| 2 | They say that , as the wars happened such a long time ago we should simply forget about them now . |
| 3 | But a long time ago I was writing a television play about Irish men coming over to England to collect their brother 's body , and I could n't imagine how they 'd talk . |
| 4 | A long time ago I was ruled by the Pharaohs . |
| 5 | But I just ca n't do this with anyone else , because a long time ago I was raped , and my lover is the only man I could bear to touch me . |
| 6 | When I was at school ( a long time ago I 'll grant you ) half a dozen was six . |
| 7 | Well it was but that was a long time ago I started that , it was tucked inside the book thank you . |
| 8 | Yeah , t is a long time ago I know |
| 9 | It had been better , a long time ago it had been better , when their loving had made Frank , and better up to the time of Adam 's birth . |
| 10 | Erm so that shows what a long time ago it was . |
| 11 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
| 12 | A short time ago we spoke to the presenter . |
| 13 | Just a short time ago I was no one in particular , then I was n't even that , with no one , no roots . |
| 14 | Now even Kalim Siddiqui is saying let's forgive and forget , when just a short time ago he was wanting me murdered , deported to Tehran , whatever would spill my blood . |
| 15 | Only a short time ago she had been as physically intimate with him as it was possible for a man and woman to be . |
| 16 | Then a short time ago she came to Edward in a great state . ’ |