Example sentences of "ago it be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Written 100 years ago it is performed here in the costumes of that period . |
| 2 | Written 100 years ago it is performed here in the costumes of that period . |
| 3 | It should have been a bumper harvest , but since this wheat was ready to cut 2 weeks ago it 's rained virtually every day . |
| 4 | Five years ago it was announced in a communique issued from Agriculture House that tomatoes which are smallish , about 7 to the pound , round , red all over , and firm are the best and command the highest prices . |
| 5 | A week ago it was announced that the Government would not refer the deal to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 6 | But then when they went up when they passed it just two year ago it was fenced off . |
| 7 | Half a year ago it was destroyed . |
| 8 | erm Listeners will probably know that there has been for many years what 's called the Schools Council , which has looked at erm curriculum matters and examination matters , and a year or so ago it was decided to discontinue the Schools Council , and to replace it by two successor committees , one the School Curriculum Development Committee , which you 've already mentioned and which I chair , and a parallel committee concerned with examinations , the School Examination , sorry the Secondary Examination Council , which is chaired by a mathematician , Sir Wilfred Cockroft . |
| 9 | A year ago it was assumed that either he or the other Young Pretender , Tony Blair , would succeed to the leadership if Neil Kinnock stood down . |
| 10 | A century ago it was said that the Danish Red ( then one of only two Danish breeds considered worthy of note , the other being the Jutland ) needed abundant fodder but with good care it could be an efficient producer : the milking cow put it all into the bag but would fatten readily when dry or barren . |
| 11 | Unless my recollection is at fault , it seems to be that two generations ago it was accepted in our society that we did not use firearms . |
| 12 | However long ago it was made , ‘ Low ’ will always sound like the future . |
| 13 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
| 14 | The interesting result is the relation between how well the rat remembers , and how long ago it was taught its trick . |
| 15 | I have remarked on its dominance in Oxford English , and a generation ago it was given magisterial expression in Northrop Frye 's Anatomy of Criticism , which aspired to a ‘ scientific ’ criticism where there would be no place for evaluation , since it is not nobler to study stars than earthworms . |
| 16 | Long ago it was stolen from us , and we hold the memory of it dear ; now that the powers of darkness have grown so strong , Andernesse is the one safe place for it . |
| 17 | Some years ago it was handed to the chaplain of the Chelsea Pensioners at a funeral , but the clergyman said he had read it many years before . |
| 18 | Six hundred years ago it was settled by Spaniards — just as the south part of the island was settled by Moors and Turks . ’ |
| 19 | Some time ago it was suggested that three east coast sites , at Brough-on-Humber , Caister-by-Yarmouth and Rochester , possessed late second or early third-century fortifications which were different from the general run of urban defences of this date . |
| 20 | Er , Jim , Birmingham , West er , Midlands er , supporting er , the sectionalization of the union because erm , we were told a few months ago it was passed for nineteen ninety one . |
| 21 | Ten years ago it was supposed that when the database was up and running it would be relatively easy to find additional funds from outside to cover the running costs . |
| 22 | Three years ago it was taken over by the Queen 's Moat Houses group and new performance disciplines were imposed . |
| 23 | Three years ago it was sold to a Dr William Baxter , who lives and operates his surgery there . |
| 24 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 25 | Twenty years ago it was expected that if you trained you would surely be accepted into the membership of your trade union and be given the chance to compete for the roles that were suitable . |
| 26 | But that is what six or so months ago it was expected to do . |
| 27 | Ten years ago it was thought that something positive should be done to encourage and thank our faithful and hardworking Secretaries and Promoters . |
| 28 | Two years ago it was resurfaced but that was before the M40 was opened . |
| 29 | Many years ago it was found that a variety of solvents extracted a acids and refinements have continued to perfect the process . |