Example sentences of "[art] [det] years [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Strozzi-Sacrati collection achieved celebrity status a few years ago when a forged will was discovered in a bureau in the palace , placed there by an antique dealer sporting a false moustache who had gained entry on the pretext of checking items in the collection . |
| 4 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ He only found out what he 'd missed a few years ago when some German came in asking questions . |
| 6 | My most valuable experience was a few years ago when I was living in a dingy student room in Grenoble . |
| 7 | In contrast to a few years ago when one would rarely hear any teaching on the Holy Spirit , it seems that some people can speak of nothing else these days . |
| 8 | Were , were there a lot of erm sort of small workshops like yours , a few years ago when you |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 12 | I am sure members will be aware speed speedway received financial assistance from the Council a few years ago when they ran into difficulties . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | That seems a far cry from just a few years ago when the only diesels were lorries , buses and the occasional taxi . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
| 17 | erm I remember a few years ago when there was a great panicky shutting down of teachers ' training colleges . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | His complete acceptance of the ‘ protest ’ in ‘ Protestant ’ did not come till a few years later when some leading members of his Mount Merrion , Belfast , congregation insisted that he object to the Church 's ‘ street corner boy ’ activities of picketing the Irish Presbyterian Church General Assembly . |
| 20 | He writes a letter a few years later when he remembers : |
| 21 | He was joined by Peter Sheppard a few years later when it became apparent that so much information was potentially available from flight recorders that it needed another man to help interpret all the data . |
| 22 | Even these statistics palled to insignificance a few years later when cocaine joined with heroin in the hard drugs scene and the high value of low bulk concentrated drugs made it so profitable and easy to smuggle . |
| 23 | Then a few years later when the problems develop they say , oh god we 're terribly sorry , we 'll take the drug off the market . |
| 24 | I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker . ’ |
| 25 | The extent to which the courts could become involved in the politics of such disputes had been shown a few years earlier when Lord Cameron presided over an enquiry into a dispute on London building sites . |
| 26 | Some four and a half years ago when I was elected as a branch secretary of a fairly substantial branch in the Birmingham Region , I had two hours with the then finance officer and he said , well it did n't last the two hours , and he said er , well you know all there is to know now , about how to run this branch . |