The phrase "ago when he appeared" is not correct in written English.
It is not a standard construction and may lead to confusion regarding the intended meaning.
Example: "It was a long time ago when he appeared on the show."
Alternatives: "some time ago when he appeared" or "previously when he appeared".
He then says he told that joke a couple of years ago when he appeared on Loose Women, and it went down very well then, too.
He talked about the surprise expressed by a transportation authority board member years ago when he appeared at an important news conference wearing, of all things, a jacket.
Michael Dibdin went further a couple of years ago when he appeared to have killed off his policeman, the Italian Aurelio Zen, at the end of Blood Rain.
Ms. Cisero, a real estate agent, said she took in Lewis about five years ago when he appeared at her door as a stray and followed one of her cats inside.
Bruiser turns poet The young Alexander de Cadenet had a moment in the sun 18 years ago when he appeared on the youth telly show, The Word, as a prime example of Britain's finest public school product.
A resurrection of the long silent project by founder Jeff Mangum was teased a few years ago when he appeared at Coachella to perform as a solo artist.
His contract with Fox News was cancelled a few years ago; when he appears on television now, it is usually on CNN or MSNBC.
It was just a week and a half ago that Brown drew ire when he appeared at the Grammy Awards to perform and take Best R&B Album honors.
A few years ago, the actor Jason Bateman was reportedly booed when he appeared to be pulled from a line at an Apple store to receive an iPhone early.
He has the same patrician hair and beard that he had when he appeared on "The Dick Cavett Show," thirty-eight years ago, sitting uncomfortably alongside Pat and Bill Loud.
When he appeared before the editorial board of The Watertown Daily Times 10 days ago, he "showed no grasp" of local issues, as the subsequent editorial put it.
