Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] for a few years " in BNC.

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1 TESL was run as an alternative methods course for a few years , until TEFL/TESL became a combined methods course in 1986 .
2 A great deal is going on in those regions , and people in the south who have not been north of Watford Gap for a few years should go and see what is happening there .
3 They used the mill for silk manufacture for a few years but by 1860 ownership had passed to Samuel Long , who was also running Charfield Mills .
4 I had lived in a motor car for a few years and the rediscovery of my legs was painful .
5 This comment may have drawn attention to Mary Leapor for a few years .
6 I have not seen Brian Way for a few years now , since he went to work in America , but if he is continually developing his philosophy and practice at the rate Dorothy Heathcote is refining hers , then there is the added danger that anything written about them is out of date as it leaves the press .
7 There had been an active training group for a few years .
8 For this reason , the Institute will restrict the examination to candidates who have been trained by holders of the Dip CITT. for a few years and then review the situation to see whether the professional structures have developed enough to sustain new entrants .
9 ‘ After I had been at the Bedford Institution for a few years there were changes for the better .
10 Living with his mother Kiefer stayed in Los Angeles for a few years before moving back to Bridgewater Canada .
11 Oswaldston 's going to be living off Walter Machin for a few years . ’
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