The phrase "ago placed" is not correct and usable in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate concepts, "ago" indicating a time reference and "placed" which is a past participle, but they do not work together in this form.
Example: "The book was placed on the shelf a week ago."
Alternatives: "previously positioned" or "set down earlier".
All European Union countries either ban the death penalty or long ago placed a moratorium on its use.
But then I showed her an article about a gambler who years ago placed a wager that Federer would win seven Wimbledons before 2019.
A poll of French readers a dozen years ago placed it sixth of all 20th-century books, just behind Proust and Camus.
A pair of decisions from 15 years ago placed a special burden of liability on employers for harassing acts committed by an employee's supervisor, as opposed to a co-worker.
Most urban areas long ago placed restrictions on two activities dear to American hearts--washing cars and watering lawns--but dropping reservoir levels are causing officials to consider more draconian restrictions.
The discovery in 2010 of 70 flint tools and flakes dated to more than 800,000 years ago placed early humans in Britain a hundred thousand years earlier than previously thought.
Dr Wenban-Smith and colleagues from Oxford Archaeology have dated the sediments in which the hand axes were sitting to 110,000 years ago, placing them squarely within the "abandonment period".
Until a few years ago, places like Upper Manhattan and the Bronx held little allure for investors in residential property.
A generation ago, places like the Oscar Wilde Bookshop were thriving because mainstream bookstores simply wouldn't have stocked a gay book.
In the same spirit in which egg-white omelettes and frozen-yogurt stands appeared in New York a couple of decades ago, places appeared in Paris offering healthy broth cooked in clean kettles restaurants.
An experience I had several years ago places this argument in a broader context.
