Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although this strategy may work for a few years , there are few parishes which have the physical space for more than two or three new congregations . |
| 2 | The churches were usually brick built , and even when their walls did not crack and warp under the impact of the process , there remains , according to Romanian architects , the threat that their very bricks could crumble within a few years . |
| 3 | Conceivably the entire lake could die within a few years . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd settle for a few years with four legs like a cheetah and be able to go at forty miles an hour , ’ Otley declared . |
| 5 | and in one of the rooms he used to have these girlie pin-ups of the dame , these portraits of all these women he used to fancy in a few years time . |
| 6 | It was nothing like the transformation she would undergo in a few years time but it signalled the slow resurrection of her inner spirit . |
| 7 | I think she felt that nothing much would happen for a few years . |
| 8 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 9 | They can leak when new , they can leak after a few years , and they have a guaranteed life of only 15 years . |