Example sentences of "[prep] a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lazarus 's business ambitions soon elevated him from storeman to lumber merchant , thence to a partnership in the coal industry which became his sole business — L. Cohen and Son — after a few years , and hence to a high-profile dredging company which could boast that it had kept every one of the lifelines of the young nation — the St. Lawrence tributaries between Lake Ontario and Quebec — open . |
| 2 | Age Concern expressed reservations in its response to the Griffiths Review of Community Care that contracts for certain services might prove unprofitable to private sector providers after a few years , by which time District Health Authorities would have divested themselves of the resources to provide similar services . |
| 3 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 4 | After a few years the axiom had taken upon itself the shape of practical reality . |
| 5 | Carl moved into agency at NEMS in the late 1970s and after a few years was instrumental in the formation of the PAN agency . |
| 6 | After a few years of gutting chickens for 14 hours a day , they are often thrown out of work by younger and cheaper competitors . |
| 7 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 8 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 9 | These lovely plants may take time to form large flowering clumps but after a few years are a sight to behold and are worth every bit of effort you expend . |
| 10 | After a few years in management , you know who they are , and it will be put right . ’ |
| 11 | If such soil as this is covered in grass , after a few years of grazing it degrades into desert . |
| 12 | They can leak when new , they can leak after a few years , and they have a guaranteed life of only 15 years . |
| 13 | After a few years caddying on and off for de Vicenzo , Dave went into full-time caddying in the mid-1970s , although he was still doing work other than caddying when he took the bag of Vicente Fernandez . |
| 14 | A small drapers , ‘ Palmers ’ , was next door but after a few years this became a Baby Wear shop . |
| 15 | Similar criteria have often applied to the education officer who , after a few years in the classroom . |
| 16 | Although most children remain well as long as they stick to their diet , a few seem to relapse after a few years for no apparent reason . |
| 17 | Her father encouraged her desire to learn navigation and other aspects of seamanship , and after a few years her proficiency was obvious to everyone who sailed with her . |
| 18 | After a few years , the Earl settled down to a more responsible way of life as a serious politician , Rector of Glasgow University , Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Viceroy of Ireland . |
| 19 | Eventually James Wyllie married Mrs. Kay 's sister and after a few years the Wyllie family took over the firm , retaining the name , Andrew Kay & Company . |
| 20 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 21 | It is clear that the bunched replacement of fixed capital requires a considerable growth in the rate of the production of fixed assets , but after a few years the need for such replacement will decline rapidly . |
| 22 | An alert owner will know each of these variants on the ‘ I want attention ’ signal and may become quite fluent in ‘ cat-ese ’ after a few years . |
| 23 | After a few years they may find that not enough of their nature is being fulfilled . |
| 24 | After a few years he was able to believe that guilt itself was an indulgence , that he did n't need to suffer it unless he chose . |
| 25 | It is still worthwhile building up a stock of components though , and most electronics hobbyists end up with quite a large store of components after a few years . |
| 26 | This perennial plant 's big , bold , green clumps , measuring 90cm/3ft high and the same in diameter , grow even bigger and more productive before they deteriorate after a few years ' growth , and are then best replaced . |
| 27 | After a few years this scheme was pronounced a failure . |
| 28 | As originally laid there was also a single line curve from Lower Church Street towards Sutton , but it was rarely used and removed after a few years . |
| 29 | Margo went from strength to strength , with bigger and better parts , but after a few years turned to acting and much later married an Australian singer/actor , Rod McLennon , and went to live in Melbourne . |
| 30 | After a few years , at the suggestion of George Herbert , these observances were continued through the night ; members of the community who offered to do so undertook the night watch in pairs which recited the Psalms antiphonally , men and women doing so in separate rooms . |