Sentence examples similar to ordered long ago from inspiring English sources

Often the item was ordered so long ago that it comes as a surprise to the recipients themselves.

(I say this as someone who not long ago ordered a Caramel Frappucino at the Starbucks inside the Louvre).

Louis XVI long ago ordered the closure of a church, Les Innocents, and its pestilential, overflowing cemetery.

If you plopped your name on the list when Palm started taking Treo Pro pre-orders not too long ago, expect a visit from the delivery man soon.

The result was consistent with the earlier finding that these two classes of TEs represented remnants or "fossils" of TEs, predating the radiation of mammalian orders, and had long ago become inactive in mammalian lineages [ 28- 30].

The result will be a shakeup in the geopolitical world order "that, not so long ago, would have been considered remote, if not unthinkable".

Several members of the audience said that the commission long ago should have ordered Con Ed to do what every other owner of a similar nuclear plant -- including the state-owned plant right next door, Indian Point 3 -- had done years earlier: replace the aging steam generators that transfer the energy from splitting atoms to turbines that produce electricity.

Not too long ago, a judge ordered the University of Utrecht to abolish the bursary system through which Ph.D. students, although not formally employed, received grants from the university.

Abercrombie & Fitch ordered some bullgighters swords from Spain not long ago.

My wife ordered some furniture through a retailer not long ago.

Rudd insisted that it was important to understand past cases, however long ago, in order to get it right for the future.