Sentence examples for ago in front of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "ago in front of" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate concepts that do not logically fit together.
Example: "I saw him standing there a moment ago in front of the store."
Alternatives: "previously in front of" or "earlier in front of".

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And it opens every weekend through October, just as it might have 200 years ago, in front of a lakeside pavilion, beginning at sunset.

I did it a few years ago in front of Grand Central on a flatbed truck, and there beside me was Walter Cronkite on a drum.

The growing streams of cars forced the state's engineers to install Topanga's first traffic light a couple of years ago, in front of the elementary school.

In a conversation with the hotel bellman he discovered that the crowds for his visit rivalled the crowds he had observed so long ago in front of the American Consulate.

Mr. Kerry said that testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week completed a journey that began 42 years ago in front of that same committee when he testified as an activist opposed to the war in Vietnam.

THREE years ago, in front of my 300 colleagues at LRN, I ripped up our organizational chart and proclaimed that none of us would report to a boss anymore.

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Ten days ago, standing in front of a hydroelectric plant in Pennsylvania, Mr. Bush used the state as Exhibit A for his argument about what happens when population rises, when over-regulation freezes the construction of new power plants and the stringing of new transmission lines, and when politicians fail to plan for the long term.

A few weeks ago, speaking in front of the suits at the National Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton said that America’s young workers think of work as a “four-letter word,” and then launched into a tirade about iPods and a youthful sense of being entitled to a $50,000-a-year 50,000-a-year 50,000-a-year

I could go on and on and on, but one of the most egregious incidents occurred on the National Mall some years ago right in front of the Washington monument.

"When I stood there and said, for the first time in many years, 'This is the only mop you'll ever need to buy,' it took me back to my days very long ago standing in front of 10 women at a flea market talking about something they'd never heard anyone talk about".

A month ago, in Merdeka Square, in front of the court, Mr Anwar had addressed the biggest demonstration seen against Dr Mahathir.

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