Sentence examples for ago a year from inspiring English sources

It was not so long ago — a year, to be exact — that Sabathia could still get a fastball past most hitters.

"Coastlines" is based on a story Mr. Nunez wrote 16 years ago, a year after he filmed the John D. MacDonald thriller "A Flash of Green".

The best example of this is the assumption that the beloved and super-talented Martha Argerich (whom I met in Brussels 44 years ago, a year before she won the Chopin Competition in Warsaw) could ever be classified as shy.

It wasn't so long ago – a year and ten months to the week, if you like to be precise – that Maglione flew to Russia to personally present Vladimir Putin with something called the 'Fina Order', which they award "to a head of state or individuals of high dignity who have achieved remarkable merit in the world of aquatics".

I started my own consulting firm 20 years ago, a year after I had my first child, because I wanted more flexibility, creativity, and the chance to own my own schedule.

"I stopped doing that a long time ago, over a year ago".

Thirty years ago, a four-year-old Moroccan girl emigrated to France to join her father.

Two hundred years ago, a 60-year-old would be a very old person".

A long time ago, almost a year maybe?

Was it a year ago?

A YEAR ago, Fidel Castro faced a decision.