Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
| 2 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 3 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 4 | On a personal level I ca n't go off and say ‘ Bye darling ’ , I 'll see you in a few years . |
| 5 | Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years . |
| 6 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 7 | You 've had it for a few years too . |
| 8 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 9 | Those who have a real interest will leave it for a few years before attempting training . |
| 10 | The vessels ' hulls are completely intact , and the team hopes to raise them within a few years . |
| 11 | I continued donating until late 1987 when the pressures of my early twenties swept me into a few years of self neglect by alcohol and all those unhealthy things that young people do . |
| 12 | See you in a few years time with fucking . |