Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 2 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
| 4 | In contrast to some other low-income countries in Africa , most children do eventually get to primary school and stay there for a few years . |
| 5 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 6 | Best wishes and thanks for making the old rag worth reading again for a few years … |
| 7 | He found it incredibly rewarding and had a couple of momentous experiences of such excitement that he tried to recreate the excitement instead of going back to what caused it ( the old Orgasmic-Goal orientation — see Dr Ruth , pages 12 to 461 ) , so he gave up for a few years . |
| 8 | After we had lived there for a few years , we wanted to buy it and do it up , so we asked my College for a mortgage . |
| 9 | This was the new name of a group which had already existed informally for a few years , with a number of representatives from well-known " reforming " Edinburgh families on its committee : the McLarens , Mairs and Stevensons for instance . |
| 10 | They stayed away for a few years , moving between the markets of the Sahel , exploiting differences in prices in different markets , until they had enough camels to go to Cairo . |