Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [art] [det] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 2 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 3 | Merceron 's political career began in 1787 , and within a few years he had became a vestryman , a tax commissioner , and a justice of the peace . |
| 4 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 5 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |