Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years . |
| 2 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 3 | It 's very easy for young people to come into politics , full of enthusiasm and full up of get up get up and go and many of them get up and go after a few years . |
| 4 | As originally laid there was also a single line curve from Lower Church Street towards Sutton , but it was rarely used and removed after a few years . |
| 5 | The Clintons ' marital problems , they say , began then and lasted until a few years ago . |