Example sentences of "[noun pl] ago [verb] been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spoke in a curiously musical , richly accented way with a certain pattern that could only be described as antique — as though the speech mannerisms of the local dales folk of two centuries ago had been preserved within Hannah . |
| 2 | He worked at a pharmaceutical firm processing chlorthalidone and nifedipine , but 5 days ago had been moved to the micronisation of glibenclamide , only recently introduced at the firm . |
| 3 | He climbed them sadly until finally he reached a low corridor , which many years ago had been decorated in dark brown : the paint had been flaking off for years . |
| 4 | A man who suffered severe brain damage during an operation twenty six years ago has been talking for the first time about losing his fight for compensation . |
| 5 | AN old £600 Corvette car stolen 21 years ago has been returned to its owner in mint condition in Missouri . |
| 6 | A man charged with murdering his wife more than twenty years ago has been committed for trial . |
| 7 | The 2,250 people employed two years ago have been cut to about 1,000 , of whom 300 are on ‘ short-time working with nil hours ’ ; the workforce will be down to 600 by December . |
| 8 | The huge drafty dorms of ten years ago have been replace with study bedrooms , and the Four Marys no longer wear school uniform all the time and appear to have lost their hats as well ! |
| 9 | Finally , the voluntary mountain bike restriction for Snowdon mentioned a couple of issues ago has been agreed between the interested parties . |