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The phrase "ago we left" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly as it lacks a specific time reference that would clarify when the leaving occurred.
Example: "Three days ago we left for our trip."
Alternatives: "we departed" or "we left earlier."
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Twenty-two yeago ago we left Naples by boat and were deposited further down the coast at the ferry port of Positano, which is to say, the bottom of town.
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That is exactly what the president and the world decided some time ago when we left Iraq, so we are not obviously contemplating returning.
Now, I dropped off said forms a week and a half ago, before we left for vacation - to avoid this situation.
He did a couple of warm-up shows a couple of months ago, right before we left for Europe, but our other drummer, Joey Jordison, who was on load from Slipknot, was our drummer at the time.
My brother said to me a few weeks ago, all we leave behind is the wake of our love -- that's all we have.
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We left it behind, ages ago.
Just two years ago, we left Hugh Grant lounging in a Notting Hill square, with a pregnant Julia Roberts snuggling up to him, and, like millions of others, he was reading a paperback with that unmistakable Mediterranean-blue jacket design.
Five years ago, we left Canada and moved to Paris.
Ten years ago, "we would have said leave that to Orlando and Anaheim, but today, I think that's terrific".
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