Example sentences of "few years ago [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes a few years ago yu were seen as a weirdo |
| 2 | A few years ago they were making some of the best pop singles you could play on a jukebox : ‘ Something About You ’ , ‘ Leaving Me Now ’ , ‘ Lessons In Love ’ , all the kind of thing that you felt you were going to be sick of hearing before long but which still sounded good after the thousandth time . |
| 3 | ‘ Only a few years ago they were plenty of colliers playing rugby in Wales . |
| 4 | These are the new boys on the stylish restaurant scene — a few years ago they were few and far between . |
| 5 | Indonesia has large industries , recently developed in the country , and are exporting large quantities to saw mills , whereas a few years ago they were exporting to lots , they are now exporting saw wood and ply wood . |
| 6 | But a few years ago we were at a session in a pub one night erm playing music and er there was about twenty of us and about two o'clock in the morning the police raided it and we all had our names taken and we were all up in court and we were all fined I think three pound for being er drinking after hours and Tony was drinking a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | ‘ But until a few years ago you were chairman , Mr Glastonbury . ’ |
| 8 | A few years ago I was a guest in an Indian village . |
| 9 | A few years ago she was admitted to a mental hospital and drugs kept her in a repressed state . |
| 10 | The sporting world is full of fairy tales … but if the name of Samantha Raeisi ever reaches the headlines its going to be quite a story … she 's from Swindon … she 's a mum … she 's a model … and a few years ago she was given just a few weeks to live … |
| 11 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 12 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
| 13 | Only a few years ago it was a considerable achievement to fly a model helicopter at all . |
| 14 | They went into a quiet period a few years ago it was very quiet erm but er yes they 're they 're going strong . |
| 15 | A few years ago it was not even included in some school Easter holidays . |
| 16 | In our July 18 issue we published an article about Olympic silver medallist , Linford Christie , which suggested that a few years ago he was a violent troublemaker who was listed by the police as ‘ dangerous ’ . |
| 17 | A few years ago he was pretty effective I 'll admit , but that was almost entirely down to his pace , which he seems to have completely lost since his lengthy ‘ injury ’ . |