Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] [art] few year " in BNC.

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1 But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition .
2 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 .
3 The book was a success : 500,000 copies were sold in a few years , and it was translated into all the major European languages .
4 Generally , the operational data ( that is the policy records ) were destroyed within a few years of their fulfilment .
5 If it were to happen in a few year 's time when we have the lottery money , then I think the Sutherland Collection Collection is something that anybody concerned with heritage should make the highest possible priority .
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