Example sentences of "spend a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
| 2 | Cheyney passed from Sandhurst into the army , buying a commission in a regiment which was ordered to India , where he spent a few years in inactive service . |
| 3 | I spent a few years on The Scotsman and then to Thomson House to join The Guardian soon after it dropped the ‘ Manchester ’ from its title and started printing in London . |
| 4 | On leaving school , she spent a few years working in the British Transport Police . |
| 5 | Advertising is such a complicated business that you may be able to assimilate it better if you have spent a few years " knocking-around " — travelling perhaps , or working in a shop or doing different kinds of jobs . |
| 6 | Having spent a few years in both camps the matter was resolved in 1981 when Stoddards and Templetons were merged . |
| 7 | I just wondered if someone who had spent a few years in medical school might take a job away from the field … just for a summer . |