Example sentences of "[vb infin] a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | State radio and television reported a story that they would not have dared touch a few years earlier . |
| 2 | At an average £200 or so for installation , meters do n't come cheap , and it will take a few years of saving on bills to meet the initial cost . |
| 3 | It may take a few years yet , and some unlikely cohesion in banks ' own lobbying . |
| 4 | ‘ But it might take a few years . |
| 5 | Did he know he would die a few years later ? |
| 6 | In the first flush of youthful passion , and in the imminence of war , Leslie had vowed that he would rather have a few years with me than eternal life without me . |
| 7 | ‘ I could n't bear to think of the future , of what would happen to her when we got old , if we got ill , when we died , or worse — whether she would only live a few years , ’ she says . |