Example sentences of "few years ago [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike McFarlane , Commonwealth champion and Olympic finalist , a few years ago before he owned a car , had to travel to the New River Sports Centre on Tottenham 's White Hart Lane , where he trained with Haringey . |
| 2 | You will remember that a decision was taken a few years ago that we would lay our track to the standard British gauge of 4′ 8½″ rather than to the Irish gauge of 5′ 3″ . |
| 3 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |
| 4 | says the Marquis ' ‘ They were not convinced , but the Japanese took up the idea a few years ago and they are now industry leaders . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He told me he could n't face the prospect of another divorce , which I understood because my parents split up a few years ago and it was very distressing , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Gene Nocon introduced me to the technique of pre-flash a few years ago and it altered the way I approach printing . |
| 7 | Gene Nocon introduced me to the technique of pre-flash a few years ago and it altered the way I approach printing . |
| 8 | In its wisdom , the Community felt able to do that for the Iberian peninsula a few years ago and it would be right and proper for it to do something analogous for the central European countries . |
| 9 | But where she used to live the houses have been pulled down ooh a few years ago and it 's all shops now . |
| 10 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 11 | A few years ago if yu wanted peace yu would hav fe mek a |
| 12 | A few years ago if yu said yu were Green |
| 13 | One of the subscribers taking part in the trials said : ‘ I would n't have had the problems I had with malicious calls a few years ago if I 'd had Caller Display then . ’ |
| 14 | A few years ago if you had a machine with a 40Mb hard drive you would have described it as a high specification machine . |
| 15 | I am sure members will be aware speed speedway received financial assistance from the Council a few years ago when they ran into difficulties . |
| 16 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 17 | The ‘ Romance ’ from The Gadfly became , of course , a popular favourite a few years ago when it was used as the theme for the TV series Reilly : Ace of Spies , but as played here by the Chicago Sinfonietta under Paul Freeman it 's altogether drier ad more reticent — no comparison at all with the recording by the USSR Cinema SO under Emin Khachaturian on CfP which glows with warmth and stylish authenticity . |
| 18 | There were problems a few years ago when it first started with th the initial contract which was was won by the the County 's own direct service organization and now it seems we 're having a repeat of of those problems . |
| 19 | Were , were there a lot of erm sort of small workshops like yours , a few years ago when you |
| 20 | She knew what Papa would say because he had said it a few years ago when she had begun to reproach him and all men for their oppression of women . |
| 21 | The competitive nature of public examinations was brutally brought home to me a few years ago when I was first impressed by the instructional potential of programmed learning . |
| 22 | My most valuable experience was a few years ago when I was living in a dingy student room in Grenoble . |
| 23 | Erm a few years ago when I and others were saying that another forum e , er we were being er , er we were being being , being told it was far too expensive and there was no market there and all the rest of it . |
| 24 | Thing is I did n't like to ask her about her mum because er , did n't think she , she was very quite bad a few years ago when I knew her . |
| 25 | I tell you , a few years ago when I was lying in my hospital bed , one of the things that went through my mind was whether I would be able to drive again . |