Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not have the stamina of years ago , but she would have to make it . |
| 2 | In some of these situations , even with the virtually unlimited manpower of years ago , the easiest solution was to work a continuous line of traps through the entrances . |
| 3 | Officers wore scrimshaws as jewellery along with the most noble , holy decorations incorporating tiny slivers of the Emperor 's own armour from aeons ago , prior to the time when that Divine Immortal was prisoned in his prosthetic golden throne . |
| 4 | The grandson of today may have been the beloved teacher of centuries ago . |
| 5 | Mother Francis and her old school friend of years ago , Peggy Pine , discussed it long and often . |
| 6 | No bars on the windows now , but a rose in full bloom had been allowed to grow unchecked up one of the walls — perhaps a descendant of the rose the erring de Rochefort wife of centuries ago had used to signal to her lover . |
| 7 | A NUMBER of weeks ago Lower Ormeau Residents ' Action Group raised the issue of the dredging of the River Lagan with those responsible — the Laganside Corporation , the DoE Water Service and the contractors . |
| 8 | It was a number of weeks ago I had cause to sit on it to do some paperwork ; I then found out I was to be a father again . |
| 9 | The request was first submitted a number of months ago , but all attempts through the usual channels have failed . |
| 10 | There was a big announcement a number of months ago in Derry where a political party said on the headlines of the news about creating 200 jobs in Derry . |
| 11 | Our chairman , Mr Denis Hill-Wood [ son of Sir Samuel ] , put it succinctly when he discussed the board 's role with me a number of years ago . |
| 12 | The Wesleyan Methodist chapel likewise closed a number of years ago , but serves the village well in its present capacity as the village hall . |
| 13 | I also had odd ends of three cones of that random yarn that was so popular a number of years ago . |
| 14 | One participant recollected attending an Inquiry into unemployment a number of years ago and asked the question : ‘ Has anything changed ? ’ |
| 15 | Erm a number of years ago we read in the paper that the Farnsfield borehole was being updated and |
| 16 | This game is based on the Simon game that was a hit with kids all over the U.K. a number of years ago . |
| 17 | Incidentally , the P-40 in the RAF Museum at Hendon was based on a picture my father had of FX760 ‘ GA- ? ’ which I had donated to the Museum a number of years ago for such a display . |
| 18 | The er the county council came forward with these policies as a result of comments that er districts made a number of years ago and perhaps er over a passage of time erm makes at least validity your point but I I remain of the the view that there is in the there is nothing in the county structure plan that sets out the basic objective of protecting the countryside and still feel that 's a valid objective within the structure plan erm within the structure plan er context . |
| 19 | ‘ The operation was carried out in Britain a number of years ago but failed and doctors here are unwilling to try it again . ’ |
| 20 | A number of years ago she worked in the social services department of Cleveland county council . |
| 21 | A number of years ago , I would have bought two papers on a Sunday , the Observer and the Sunday Times . |
| 22 | He did n't use it this time , I remember a number of years ago here in |
| 23 | I have a child who , a number of years ago , we as parents got very worried about him |
| 24 | Well , I have done the photography for the front cover and er of this particular book , but countryside books , who are the publishers , were asked a number of years ago to republish the old Berkshire village book and that has started a whole series of countryside village books , which now cover , I think , about thirty five different counties . |
| 25 | That was committee decision a number of years ago . |
| 26 | Aye , I 'm going back a lot of years ago |
| 27 | Mr , erm paragraphs twenty four er to thirty of your proof draw our attention to the existence of the conservation area which was being debating a matter of moments ago . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , other sources say Microsoft Corp , which only a matter of weeks ago denied that its Windows NT offering would undergo XPG3 branding ( UX No 403 ) , is now also committed to gaining an XPG3 shield to take into its upcoming battle with Unix . |
| 29 | This family is still grieving for the son who was killed just a matter of weeks ago . |
| 30 | ‘ And stood outside the Tube station rattling a tin for the RNLI a couple of weekends ago . |