Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [adj] [noun] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could we have guessed 10 years ago that there would be a video shop on every street corner ? |
| 2 | But they 're so long winded erm you know , you you might sort of you might win at the end of the day , but the blues party will have stopped six months ago . |
| 3 | Boscastle is a truly delightful place , which looks very much the same as it must have done 600 years ago with its narrow winding streets and pretty 14th-century cottages . |
| 4 | You should have done this ages ago . |
| 5 | As Punch would have said many years ago , ‘ collapse of Stout Party ’ . |
| 6 | This saves a large amount of energy so a Sainsbury 's supermarket today uses only 60% a similar store would have used ten years ago . |
| 7 | Gerber , South Africa 's record try-scorer with 19 , has touched down four times in as many internationals and his centre partnership with Pieter Muller poses a more difficult challenge to Carling and Jeremy Guscott than they may have envisaged three months ago . |
| 8 | ‘ Ah , but I should have acted six years ago , I should have taken you then when you were vulnerable in your confusion — as I supposed — involved with a recently married man , presumably for the first time , and not knowing what it was you felt for me because you were so sure Jones was all you wanted . |
| 9 | The social workers commented that in this very ‘ stuck ’ situation something had to give to get any movement ; it was necessary to encourage the daughter to take the independence she should have had many years ago . |
| 10 | His opening remark was , ‘ Who 'd have thought six months ago that Nelson Mandela would now be free and that the Berlin Wall would have come down ? ’ |
| 11 | Many others , however , will have retired some time ago , and will not have sufficient resources . |
| 12 | ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago . |
| 13 | Surrounded by apple orchards and huge cedar forests , the older parts of the town looked like parts of the Alps must have appeared sixty years ago . |
| 14 | ‘ We should have gone metric years ago . ’ |
| 15 | Obviously we can not know the outcome of a new project , so let's consider how we might have proceeded 31 years ago . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't recall it ever happening in any association affiliated to the IBA before , although it may have happened some time ago , ’ added the former Irish international player . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't recall it ever happening in any association affiliated to the IBA before , although it may have happened some time ago , ’ added the former Irish international player . |
| 18 | What would Wales have achieved 20 years ago if they had had endless squad sessions , trips to Lanzarote , 2–3 days a week off to train , personal fitness plans , etc. ? |
| 19 | And I often think to myself , when I 'm paying for something , think to myself , oh I would never have paid that years ago . |