Example sentences of "a few years [adv] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that a few years ago Mrs Brissett 's daughter 's husband left her and she had trouble finding a job and had no money … and Harriet helped her find a job somewhere . |
| 2 | A few years ago Dr Palcic , Dr Lam and their colleagues started a company called Xillix to build machines to do just that . |
| 3 | 7 & 8 A few years ago Sally Baring of Borderline went into an antique shop and left with an 1895 fabric block . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ A few years ago Graham Taylor , then at Aston Villa , rang and said I should join the old organisation . |
| 5 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 6 | A few years ago Glen Robins was unemployed and living from hand to mouth . |
| 7 | A few years later William Tyrell , private secretary of the foreign secretary from 1908 onwards , " went out of his way to cultivate relations with the Press " . |
| 8 | Ironically , a few years later Ken Clarke came under attack on the same issue . |
| 9 | A few years later Klaus Lankheit and Hugh Honour proposed Lorenzo Merlini . |