The business was acquired from Orion four years ago.

I saw him very much in the flesh only half an hour ago.

我在半小时以前还看见他活生生的.

That was a great while ago.

那是很久以前的事了.

A century ago, eastern Germany was an agricultural hinterland.

一个世纪前, 德国东部是个农业的内陆地区.

Their church tells them it's wrong and, in fact, excommunicated Green years ago.

他们的教会告诉他们这是错误的, 而事实上, 多年前就把格林逐出了教会.

She managed a clothes shop two years ago.

两年前她开了一家服装店.

A year ago he had a blood clot removed from his brain.

他脑内的血块一年前被取出了.

Your story calls to mind something that happened to me a year ago.

你的故事使我想起一年前的事.

Some old people always hark back to how things were 30 years ago.

有些老年人老是喜欢重提三十年前的状况.

The pair of lions which were found five years ago were metallic.

这对五年前发现的狮子是金属制的.

Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends.

五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益.

I have a very sharp recollection of my last talk with him two years ago.

两年前我和他最后一次谈话的情景仍历历在目.

I met him half an hour ago.

我半小时前碰到他.

Is the same chairman still knocking around? I thought he had left years ago.

这位主席还活着? 我还以为他多年前就死了呢.

The family left town three years ago but moved back last week.

那家人三年前搬出了城,上星期又搬回来了.

She died about two years ago.

她大约在两年前就死了.

Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.

那个国家早就取消了粮食配给制.

He lost his youth a long time ago.

他早已失去了青春活力.

They forced her off her homeland many years ago.

许多年前他们迫使她离开了她的家乡.

The original proposal had been mothballed years ago.

最初的建议几年前就束之高阁了。

The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.

这个工厂二十年前就废弃了。