Example sentences of "after a [adj] years [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar criteria have often applied to the education officer who , after a few years in the classroom . |
| 2 | Hugh began as a chargehand in the Teasing Department , where he returned to become foreman after a few years in the Dyed Wool Blending Department . |
| 3 | If it had steeled itself to cross this threshold ( as Yemen bravely did a month ago ) , Egypt might today be afflicted by nothing worse than a bad case of anti-incumbency — hardly surprising after a dozen years with the same tired face at the top . |
| 4 | After a dozen years in the business Keener looks with particular affection on the recordings he has done with Leonard Slatkin , especially the Elgar and Vaughan Williams Symphonies . |
| 5 | After a dozen years in the Arkansas state-house he decided to run for president at time when President George Bush 's re-election was considered virtually certain . |