Example sentences of "a few years [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Missionary Kate McBeth wrote : ‘ For a few years at first Joseph was afraid to come down upon the Nez Perce reserve — afraid of the surrounding whites and because of the many indictments against him — but this fear wore off . |
| 3 | I came to know and admire Beethoven 's ‘ Pastoral ’ symphony for the scenes depicted ; I enjoyed Saint Saens ' ’ Carnival of the Animals ’ , Prokofieff 's ‘ Peter and the Wolf ’ , and Benjamin Britten 's ‘ Guide to the Orchestra ’ as well as ‘ Ein Heldenleben ’ ( A Hero 's Life ) by Richard Strauss , the symphonies of Brahms , Haydn and Tschaikowsky , and especially , for a few years at any rate , the latter 's ‘ 1812 Overture ’ . |
| 4 | It is true that the quality of most waters runs in cycles ; a few years of mediocre fish followed by a few years of quality fish . |
| 5 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 6 | When you start working in advertising get a few years of solid experience with one agency under your belt . |
| 7 | The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented . |
| 8 | Within a few years of this edition Hopkins was firmly established in the canon of English poetry . |
| 9 | Should the soil be in need of replenishment all the vines are grubbed up and the land left to fallow for a few years before new vinestock are planted and the entire cycle begins again . |
| 10 | ( This was a few years before little actors such as Al Pacino , Richard Dreyfuss or Dudley Moore became big . ) |
| 11 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
| 12 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 13 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Having spent a few years in both camps the matter was resolved in 1981 when Stoddards and Templetons were merged . |
| 16 | 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 . |