Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] years but " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used the mill for silk manufacture for a few years but by 1860 ownership had passed to Samuel Long , who was also running Charfield Mills . |
| 2 | Jean or Jeannie Symonds was still working in Skinners in 1913 , left the trade for a few years but was readmitted in 1927 , so it seems safe to assume that she spent much of her working life in the printing trade and did not marry . |
| 3 | No I can understand her not having , not wanting kids for a few years but , ca n't you ? |
| 4 | A plant that may only flower once in a hundred years but grows at up to seven inches a day is catching on with gardeners . |
| 5 | Alcoholism may progress quickly over a few years but commonly progresses over twenty years or even more from first intoxication until terminal chronic disease . |