Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Hall and Trevor Nunn made their reputations within a few years of leaving Cambridge . |
| 2 | The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time . |
| 3 | You can take these courses either as an undergraduate and build up your degree over a few years or pursue a particular interest by taking these courses on a ‘ one-off ’ basis as an associate student . |
| 4 | After reading your magazine for a few years now , I feel it 's time to send you a letter . |
| 5 | HAVING BEEN a regular reader of your magazine for a few years now , I have been most interested in the regular updates on the progress in restoration of Bf 109G G-USTV . |
| 6 | However , the register , classifying the remainder of the country 's 36,000,000 people , only 4,500,000 of them white , was due to remain in force until the agreement of an eventual new constitution which , de Klerk told parliament , was " within our reach within a few years " . |