Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] years [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He believes in his heart that Daisy has loved him during the many years they have not seen each other but he has pined over her .
2 But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients .
3 When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend .
4 In the space of a few years we had Eldon Square in Newcastle , the Cleveland Centre in Middlesbrough , Milburngate in Durham , where you could stroll heedless of weather and traffic .
5 And for a few years it had just about done so .
6 For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book .
7 For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book .
8 Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs .
9 Within a few years it had 200 local groups , had organized the first London rally against nuclear power ( in 1977 ) , and had effectively intervened in the debate about British nuclear policy .
10 Within a few years it had evolved into the ASEA , and by 1909 there were seventeen affiliated committees in London and ten in the provinces .
11 At an early age he was apprenticed to the lace trade in Nottingham , but in about 1820 moved to Chard in Somerset , a centre of lace-making , and was so successful that within a few years he had established his own business as a manufacturer of bobbins and bobbin carriages .
12 Merceron 's political career began in 1787 , and within a few years he had became a vestryman , a tax commissioner , and a justice of the peace .
13 Cavan 's biggest problem is tradition according to Reilly , so much so that if a manager does n't deliver the goods within a few years he 's gone and a new one comes along .
14 Yet within a few years she won the County Bronze and Silver Championships in two successive seasons , almost certainly a unique feat .
15 John , one of the PPLs at our flying club , had made a beautiful job of building his little Jodel and I had followed his progress closely over the several years it had taken him to complete it .
16 Over a few years he disposed of about £40,000 .
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