Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few years [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Eliot largely renounced his interest in childhood and in anthropology during the few years that followed , he gave up neither entirely . |
| 2 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |
| 3 | They think they can be thin for a few years and get away with it . ’ |
| 4 | Ditton worked in the bakery over vacations for a few years and reckoned that each man had an illegal income of about 10 per cent of his bread sales , very little of which appeared as a loss in the firm 's financial records . |
| 5 | However , as you know , you must be very , very careful with the few years that remain to you . ’ |
| 6 | In the few years that followed , Eliot adopted various strategies to keep his poetry flowing . |
| 7 | In the few years that followed , it is unlikely that you would get back as much as you paid in . |
| 8 | But it was also the beginning of the split between law-abiders and law-breakers which was to cripple the movement within a few years and lead to its decline . |
| 9 | 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 . |