Example sentences of "[adj] a few years " in BNC.
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1 | They , they 'd beat Arsenal in more recent years in erm in the Milk Cup at Arsenal , that was very exciting a few years ago . |
2 | Her dark blonde hair was cut into a short , feathery style , which had been popular a few years ago . |
3 | For example , I was very embarrassed a few years ago when all his hoo-ha came out about this erm bishop who was getting this marvellous mansion in the country , and I thought to myself I 'm not totally sure whether this is right . |
4 | Whether that renaissance ever really occurred seems very doubtful a few years on — the issues at the centre of Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge continue to be debated but usually with little reference to his work . |
5 | It all looked very different a few years ago . |
6 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
7 | For men like these a university education would have been unthinkable a few years earlier , but in 1920 Burma obtained its own university on a campus outside Rangoon . |
8 | The violent , dangerous and delinquent youth of the magistrates and NAS were also present in the statements of individual Chief Constables and representatives of the Police Federation who articulated publicly their own theories on the causes of crime in a manner which would have been thought unthinkable a few years previously . |
9 | It had become obvious a few years back that this was a problem for Britain . |
10 | ‘ When Jefferson left Downton International a few years ago it certainly was n't of his own free will . |
11 | The form it 's taking is not extremely reactionary , I would n't want to say that , but it does seem to me that it 's shifting away from progressive forms of narrative resolution that were available a few years ago . |
12 | This behaviour was unmentionable a few years before , although it probably did take place . |
13 | Cross-border mergers , acquisitions and alliances in EC food-retailing , almost unknown a few years ago , are already growing ( see table ) . |
14 | Thing is I did n't like to ask her about her mum because er , did n't think she , she was very quite bad a few years ago when I knew her . |