1. since
I've been here since Saturday.
Since the accident, Tom has given up hope of becoming a professional dancer.
Since I have no children, I have more time to spend doing volunteer work than parents do.
She asked him out on a date, but he said no since he thought girls should not ask boys out.
Make your airplane reservations early since flights fill up quickly around Christmas.
He went to Italy ten years ago and has lived there ever since.
Since this heater seems to be out of order, I'll have him repair it.
Everyone believes his story since there is no evidence to the contrary.
Since Tom is leaving for Boston tomorrow, today is our last chance to give this to him.
Since I recovered from my serious illness, all of creation is beautiful to me.
Since there are usually multiple websites on any given topic, I usually just click the back button when I arrive on any webpage that has pop-up advertising. I just go to the next page found by Google and hope for something less irritating.
Since he could not work out the problem that way, he tried another way.
Tom loves coming here since he thinks this place serves the only fast food worth eating.
Since it was getting even hotter, Tom peeled off another layer of clothing.
Since I live near Canada, I'd prefer to learn the kind of French spoken in Canada.
2. ago
They started hours ago.
How long ago was that?
She borrowed the book from him many years ago and hasn't yet returned it.
Long, long ago, there lived an old man and his wife.
A few years ago it would have been inconceivable for Japan to send troops overseas.
Years ago this principle was widely recognized.
That portrait reminds me of someone I knew a long time ago.
Not long ago we heard a father say in the presence of his large family, "I don't want any of my boys to be lawyers."
It was almost a decade ago, on May 8th, 1980, that Mount St. Helens erupted.
Tom began reading that book three weeks ago and he still has only read less than half of it.
What did you do with my glasses? They were here a minute ago.
Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously.
Years ago, she used to hang around with a bunch of bikers.
If you want to hear a scary story, I'll tell you about a dream I had a few weeks ago.
Didn't I give you 10,000 yen a week ago?