Sentence examples of "ago" in English
His family emigrated from their mother country to Brazil forty years ago.
Sa famille a émigré depuis son pays d'origine jusqu'au Brésil il y a quarante ans.
Since graduation fifteen years ago I have never run into my former classmates.
Je n'ai pas revu mes camarades de classe depuis que j'ai eu mon diplôme il y a 15 ans.
I came to Tokyo three years ago and have been living here ever since.
Je suis venu à Tokyo il y a trois ans et ai vécu ici depuis.
Scientists long ago ceased to believe that the atom is the smallest unit of matter.
Les scientifiques ont depuis longtemps cessé de croire que l'atome est la plus petite unité de matière.
He went away from home three years ago, and has never been heard of since.
Il a quitté la maison il y a trois ans, et on n'a plus jamais entendu parler de lui depuis.
He escaped from prison thirty years ago and has been on the lam ever since.
Il s'est échappé de prison il y a trente ans et a toujours été en cavale depuis.
Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.
Bien que j'aie brisé des éprouvettes et joué avec les produits chimiques, je suis parvenu de temps en temps à me conformer aux instructions du professeur, répétant des expériences que les autres avaient réalisées depuis longtemps.
Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
Les dinosaures se sont éteints il y a très longtemps.
Whales are said to have lived on land long ago.
On dit que les baleines vivaient sur la terre il y a longtemps.
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