Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for [art] few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | He retired from public life for a few years and then returned to full prominence . |
| 2 | After she had finished midwifery and two years as a Benedict 's junior sister she had joined the Royal Navy as a nursing sister for a few years . |
| 3 | But I was n't into heroin on a full scale for a few years after that . |
| 4 | In Kufra the police and , so far as it is possible to know , the secret police , were all Kufrans ; in Ajdabiya the officers reflected the tribal composition of the local population ( although their deputy chief was an outsider on temporary assignment for a few years ) . |
| 5 | It was a difficult period for a few years until the market caught up with us . ’ |
| 6 | It is for this reason that the CDP has advocated direct government funding , an advocacy which seems extremely unlikely to succeed as the government will surely want to try out the new system for a few years before sanctioning any radical alteration . |
| 7 | The rhizome ( rootstock ) will remain in the heated tank for a few years producing fresh plants after periodic overwintering . |
| 8 | Saying that it would be a year of difficulties , with China entering the peak repayment period of domestic and foreign debt , he further stated that people would have to " live an austere life for a few years " . |