Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [prep] a [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | I remember I was once experimenting with a gauze — it had been in La Scala for a hundred years and was full of dust . |
2 | This comment may have drawn attention to Mary Leapor for a few years . |
3 | ‘ PhD STUDENTS will flock to Sri Lanka in a few years ’ time and write learned theses on the inappropriateness of high technology aid for poor countries ’ , predicts a Sri Lankan lawyer , Gamini Iriyagolle , a specialist on the Mahaweli Programme , one of the world 's biggest development schemes under way anywhere . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Living with his mother Kiefer stayed in Los Angeles for a few years before moving back to Bridgewater Canada . |
6 | Oswaldston 's going to be living off Walter Machin for a few years . ’ |