Example sentences of "few years at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 2 | Since he was also responsible for teaching a weekly class of seven young women at Lady Margaret Hall ( a women 's college in North Oxford ) and for teaching philosophy to the undergraduates of Magdalen , his first few years at the College were strenuous . |
| 3 | A few years at work in a friendly tax climate might give you the chance to build up capital , and to keep it somewhere out of harm 's way . |
| 4 | Missionary Kate McBeth wrote : ‘ For a few years at first Joseph was afraid to come down upon the Nez Perce reserve — afraid of the surrounding whites and because of the many indictments against him — but this fear wore off . |
| 5 | I came to know and admire Beethoven 's ‘ Pastoral ’ symphony for the scenes depicted ; I enjoyed Saint Saens ' ’ Carnival of the Animals ’ , Prokofieff 's ‘ Peter and the Wolf ’ , and Benjamin Britten 's ‘ Guide to the Orchestra ’ as well as ‘ Ein Heldenleben ’ ( A Hero 's Life ) by Richard Strauss , the symphonies of Brahms , Haydn and Tschaikowsky , and especially , for a few years at any rate , the latter 's ‘ 1812 Overture ’ . |
| 6 | In the first few years at Rangers , he was sent off for striking five different opponents . |
| 7 | But once that 's been accepted you ca n't argue with the price and this jacket 's certain to keep you warm for a few years at least . |
| 8 | These years , like the first few years at the Secondary School , see Burton relapsing quite cheerfully into that boyo-larrikin-rugby-skiving coast through life : not a care , it appeared , in the world — Tom Jones at large . |
| 9 | The first few years at school I learnt nothing — |
| 10 | These days he has plenty of time to run the legs off his dog Quintus in nearby Richmond Park , just outside London , to indulge his hobby of stamp collecting and just to read novels , something that went by the board during his last few years at the Foreign Office , familiarly known as the FO . |
| 11 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 12 | For the next few years at least , the real messy world is likely to be unpredictable . |
| 13 | The hunting of game meat , particularly in Africa , was a vital support system for the builders of the lines and , for a few years at least , for those who ran them . |
| 14 | This project attempts to answer these questions , concentrating on computer programmers and systems analysts and building on the base of information gathered during the past few years at Bristol . |
| 15 | His spoken English was perfect , as was his comprehension , the result of a few years at Oxford studying languages — four in all . |
| 16 | We may hold them again at a price a hundred times their worth to us , for a few months , a few years at a pinch , but French they will still be , and in the end we must leave go of them . |
| 17 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |