Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] few years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first few years they were happy together . |
| 2 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 3 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 4 | I was never out of that for the first few years I was saved , I was always getting in there , confessing my sins . |
| 5 | ‘ For the last few years we have been seriously handicapped by the fact that our second team have been unable to compete regularly against quality opposition . |
| 6 | For the last few years they had only discussed their respective businesses and he had listened to his father 's bitter complaints about hunt saboteurs . |
| 7 | For the last few years it was held up by 20 players of outstanding international standard and we did not realise that technically we were dying ’ . |
| 8 | For the last few years I have sat on the sidelines watching bolt-protected climbing mushrooming throughout the USA , Europe and , not least , Britain : in quarries , but also , let's be completely truthful , on natural crags . |
| 9 | But it turned out to be an endless task and , as a result , for the last few years I 've been learning phrasings from all kinds of foreign instruments . |
| 10 | Every August or early September for the last few years I have been lucky enough to receive a present of ripe mulberries from a magnificent old tree in the garden of Rainham Hall in Essex . |
| 11 | For the next few years they stay in these fresh waters but even at this stage in their lives , their wanderings do not cease . |
| 12 | Noel 's colleagues all wish him well and the very best of health in his retirement , which fortunately is only partial since for the next few years he remains with us as Research Professor in German . |
| 13 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |