Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] years i " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a ten years I 've in consequence of the ill state of my nephew . |
| 2 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 3 | I did n't think that after a few years I would end up doing both ! ’ |
| 4 | In a few years I 'd be just like mammy , cleaning for toffs ; and I 'd have weans and it 'd be too late then , and my man 'd be just like daddy was before he died , working a' week and getting drunk on Friday nights and a' day Saturdays . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps in a few years I would n't have done . ’ |