Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few years and [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I think it was Tommy that said it was really after the one finished and there was nothing else round about that there was a gap of a few years and then you got started again here . |
| 2 | He remained at sea for a few years and probably visited the United States . |
| 3 | : Ma for a few years and recently we 've reassessed the doses and also we 've reassessed the risks so those two things together have caused us to express our concern and to advise the government what to do about it . |
| 4 | The first cultivators in Africa , as in all parts of the world , would farm a field for a few years and then , when its fertility began to drop , move on to an adjacent , or occasionally distant , area where high yields could be maintained for a similar period . |
| 5 | He retired from public life for a few years and then returned to full prominence . |
| 6 | New sayings are on everyone 's lips for a few years and then for no reason they disappear , becoming as dead and as dated as the dodo . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We went into Street for a few years and then we came up here in nineteen twenty eight . |
| 9 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
| 10 | Yet in most of the cases they present , the hoaxer was found out within a few years and promptly punished with significant disgrace . |