Example sentences of "[det] years ago that [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | For Anne Barr it all began in church , for it was there , some years ago that she first met her husband to be . |
| 2 | You will remember that a decision was taken a few years ago that we would lay our track to the standard British gauge of 4′ 8½″ rather than to the Irish gauge of 5′ 3″ . |
| 3 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |
| 4 | So it was with some surprise a few years ago that our attention was drawn from the dull French film noir onscreen to the back of the cinema , where a couple were resolving a lovers ' squabble . |
| 5 | ‘ If he does , it would mean that I 'm still playing at 40 and I said many years ago that I felt that was possible . |
| 6 | I realised many years ago that I was not a studio painter . |
| 7 | I was er er there was something that I got told many years ago that I |
| 8 | Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself . |