Example sentences of "years ago that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the whole I think it 's a , a good thing , er it 's only five or six years ago that an historian called Paul Kennedy published a book saying that America was in decline as a super power , er and in fact I think what 's happening is that er , there are , there are going to be clusters of super powers now in the world and they 're all more modest than American and the Soviet Union were a few years ago . |
| 2 | It was ten years ago that the Prince and Princess of Wales began their courtship . |
| 3 | You can read in The Spectator of two hundred and sixty years ago that the streets of London were not safe at night because of the Mohawks , gangs who terrorised London and beat up the Watch , who tarred and feathered innocent citizens . |
| 4 | You see , I had a dream many years ago that the opera-houses of the world would make many more exchanges . |
| 5 | This is despite the agreement made only two years ago that the list should be inflation-proof to the year 2,000 . |
| 6 | ‘ It was seven years ago that the military attacked our village , ’ said the midwife in the Guatemalan province of ? ? ? ? ? ? . |
| 7 | It was only two years ago that the region received similar recognition for its Dalian House office development in Glasgow — an impressive record which is a fitting testament of the standards being set by our teams on site . |
| 8 | It was only 10 years ago that the prize-money was less than £80,000 , but it has taken giant strides forward and the future looks even brighter . |