Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] few years [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malcolm Cole 's programme notes do n't specify the circumstances of the ‘ grim struggle for survival which left serious composition out of the question ’ for the first few years after he had settled in the United States in 1939 , but , whatever they were , they informed his music with an intensity that the exuberance of his early style did n't find much room for . |
| 2 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 3 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 4 | So you , you could put him into property , erm but erm I do n't know if he 'd been in the U K for the last few years whether he 'd be that keen on commercial property . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 6 | Cornwall has kept the Championship flag flying for the last few years and has continued to emphasise my own view that such a competition could have an important place . |
| 7 | Such an event normally takes us to Dartmoor or Exmoor , has run on the same basis for the last few years and is planned to the last minute — so why the meeting ? |
| 8 | Maureen has n't worked for the last few years and she 's ill herself , she 's got hepatitis B. |
| 9 | Scotland must take their chances in London against a side that has been the most consistent for the last few years if they are to come away with the spoils of victory . |
| 10 | Success followed success for the next few years but no races were held in 1888 and 1890 and the revival in 1891 was the beginning of another era with new builders entering the field although Lee 's still took an interest in events for in 1900 their steamboat " Lee " dressed overall took 80 members of the firm to see the Medway Barge Race . |
| 11 | We expect BP Exploration 's production to remain broadly at 1992 's level for the next few years and then to rise after 1995 . |
| 12 | When Mary I married Philip of Spain she decreed they ruled England jointly , and for the next few years until Elizabeth came to the throne the following strange convention was adopted for recording their regnal years : On 17 March 1649 the monarchy was abolished and during the period until parliamentary government was overtaken by the Restoration , English official documents were dated by the year of grace . |