Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a few years [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 2 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 3 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He then occupied a country living for a few years before returning to Winchester as chaplain to the Bishop , George Morley , who was a close friend of Izaak Walton . |
| 6 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 7 | ( More often than not they are women , since many elderly male refugees from East African have died within a few years of coming to Britain . ) |
| 8 | In any case it succumbed within a few years to the stresses of the Seven Years War , and was not revived until 1775 . |
| 9 | In spite of an inauspicious beginning , Laura and Bernard succeeded within a few years in developing an absorbing private life in their adopted country . |
| 10 | The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented . |
| 11 | Although most children remain well as long as they stick to their diet , a few seem to relapse after a few years for no apparent reason . |
| 12 | The latter part of the decade saw St Owens Mill start up , followed within a few years by the Island Street and Victoria Street Mills , Luker also involved with the latter . |
| 13 | It is true that the quality of most waters runs in cycles ; a few years of mediocre fish followed by a few years of quality fish . |
| 14 | Unfortunately the cup was only awarded for a few years before that too disappeared . |
| 15 | How the serious issues emerged within a few years of the miracle of Heliodorus is the question . |
| 16 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 17 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd settle for a few years with four legs like a cheetah and be able to go at forty miles an hour , ’ Otley declared . |
| 19 | The government 's Countryside Commission argued that the licence should only have been renewed for a few years during a thorough review of military land requirements . |
| 20 | As the article correctly acknowledges , generally magnox fuel must be reprocessed within a few years of discharge from a reactor , from an advanced gas-cooled reactor ( AGR ) , fuel may be stored underwater for somewhat longer periods and for much longer in a dry store . |
| 21 | Generally , the operational data ( that is the policy records ) were destroyed within a few years of their fulfilment . |
| 22 | The V&A , we are told , set aside 50 per cent of its objects are required within a few years of their manufacture . |