The phrase "ago on the first" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression that lacks context, making it unusable as it stands.
Example: "We met on the first of March, two years ago."
Alternatives: "two years back" or "two years prior".
Thirteen years ago, on the first season of the CBS reality competition "Big Brother," one houseguest was William Collins, also known as Will Mega, an intensely political black man who proved polarizing in the house for his sometimes confrontational talk about race.
"He died 20 years ago on the first of this month.
Forty years ago, on the first issue of Spare Rib, we ran an advert for Rimmel cosmetics because we needed the money.
Although the final deal was not signed until July 15, the sale was actually made some 10 months ago on the first trip.
Forty years ago, on the first issue of Spare Rib, we ran an advert for Rimmel cosmetics because we needed the money.
Eight years ago, on the first Sunday after the earthquake, I attended a church vigil in Brooklyn with my mother, who immigrated to the United States from Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince, Haities.
A few years ago, on the twentieth anniversary of the release of the Tim Burton comedy "Beetlejuice," Bruce Christensen noticed a sudden increase in the….
Paul McCartney, who was the castaway thirty years ago, on the fortieth anniversary of the show, eschewed any Beatles hits, but included a track by John Lennon, from "Double Fantasy" — "Beautiful Boy".
A few years ago, on the twentieth anniversary of the release of the Tim Burton comedy "Beetlejuice," Bruce Christensen noticed a sudden increase in the number of people turning up at Halloween parties and parades dressed as Michael Keaton's title character: zebra-striped suits, black boots, frizzy wigs.
By Ben McGrath Beetlejuice A few years ago, on the twentieth anniversary of the release of the Tim Burton comedy "Beetlejuice," Bruce Christensen noticed a sudden increase in the number of people turning up at Halloween parties and parades dressed as Michael Keaton's title character: zebra-striped suits, black boots, frizzy wigs.
A few days ago, on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, groups of Muslim extremists attacked the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
