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Meanings of ago in English

Gone by; or in the past.

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Examples for "agone"
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I found it many months agone in a village of the Chaymas.
Sir Mortimer: A Novel
2
But the electors of Germany, in days agone, had a well-defined use.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 / Little J...
3
But look you here: three weeks agone, I goes to the board.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
4
He might have wed our Mercy a year agone for the asking.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 / A Magazin...
5
The wages which God gets, as people might have said time agone.
News from Nowhere; Or, An Epoch of Rest / Being Some Chapters fr...
Usage of ago in English
1
Friends have said: This year it will all be 30 years ago.
The Irish Times
2
However, Pakula could still remember details of that case four years ago.
A necessary evil
3
One Liberal Democrat said: This whole debate started over a year ago.
The Guardian
4
Question: Myself and my wife met through work almost 20 years ago.
The Irish Times
5
South Africa's first known domestic case was made public 17 days ago.
The South African
6
Six years ago, house values were increasing faster than nursing home costs.
The Irish Times
7
It's the same situation as a year ago, as two years ago.
Reuters
8
However the last great dip was more than 20 million years ago.
BBC
9
Talks stalled several months ago because of violence and Palestinian political turmoil.
The Irish Times
10
The answer is simple: 300 million years ago, there was no Atlantic.
BBC
11
Ten years ago, Time said the Person of the Year was: You.
Radio NZ
12
The ISP eliminated diseases hundreds of years ago-agingtook longer, of course.
Hollow World
13
There's a problem with the new record: It's from 29 years ago.
News.com.au
14
He had no problems working in Britain, however, until three years ago.
The Guardian
15
A year ago, football was in crisis - up to a point.
The Irish Times
16
I called the police six days ago to report a troubling situation.
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