Example sentences of "few years ago [pers pn] 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 . ’ |