Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [prep] a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't think that after a few years I would end up doing both ! ’ |
| 2 | He believes ‘ Chicago will evolve back into one major large fair ’ , and Mr Blackman agrees that within a few years , ‘ there will be one show of real importance , or there will be two distinctly different shows ’ . |
| 3 | He says that in a few years gas will become expensive , and coal will be waiting in the wings as a cheap form of energy . |
| 4 | But , as Action on Smoking and Health predicted that within a few years the majority of companies will have smoking policies , Roger Stubbs , deputy managing director of MORI , warned a confrontation is looming between ‘ green consumers ’ and ‘ smoking civil libertarians ’ who insist aggressively on their right to smoke in public places or at work . |
| 5 | It is therefore no surprise that local opposition to the LDDC has continued for over eight years now , even though the first chairman of the LDDC , Nigel Broackes of Trafalgar House , predicted that within a few years local opposition ‘ will not exist ’ . |
| 6 | Little did they guess that in a few years ' time they would be telling their friends and relatives about the superstar who used to live next door in the suburbs . |
| 7 | I 've found that after a few years experience you can tell , you just can you know ; which even if you 've got a group with two very imaginative kids in , who can play instruments really well , and the others sit back and let them do it , then you might give the difference between two out of ten and nine out of ten for effort in the same group , but for the overall effect they would then get the same mark for the group thing . |
| 8 | This grant is subject to considerable change at present owing to alterations in the HEFCE funding arrangements for universities , but it is hoped that within a few years the total income will rise to new levels . |
| 9 | But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all . |
| 10 | But once the technology becomes more refined , I definitely think that in a few years you 'll have a lot of people who do n't touch chemicals at all . |
| 11 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
| 12 | He used to say that in a few years his uncle would retire ; then he would be in control . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Margaret I hope you do n't mind my saying this , but are n't you forgetting that in a few years Dickie 'll be grown up ? |