Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wrote a novel about a waxworks a few years ago . |
| 2 | One of those trees had blown over in a storm a few years later ; the other survived as a diseased and sterile relic . |
| 3 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
| 4 | You , you did give once to a group a few years ago . |
| 5 | At a parade a few years before the war , when the Crown Prince was a major rising thirty , the Kaiser had shown him up before all his men by calling out to the Brigadier , ‘ teach the boy how to ride ! ’ , and now their relationship was as distant and difficult as ever . |