Example sentences of "[pron] was a few years " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If I was a few years younger , I 'd be a hooker , ’ said Constance , stretching . |
2 | She was a few years older , mature , a mother . |
3 | ‘ She has very little regard for other people 's property and other people 's lives now , which was n't how she was a few years ago . |
4 | ‘ We adopted her when she was a few years old but we had a difference of opinion and she left home , ’ said Mr Harrison , a policeman . |
5 | His Test debut had come against India in 1978–9 aged only twenty , but , with so many other top bowlers in competition , it was a few years before his place was secure . |
6 | The political currency that underpinned the spread of UDCs is no longer so clearly in the government 's control as it was a few years ago . |
7 | ‘ It 's like it was a few years ago , when no one bothered too much about how you looked , and you did n't get any edginess or aggression . |
8 | It is a great deal more professional than it was a few years ago comparable with the standards of other types of consultancies and partnership firms , and is attracting an altogether higher quality of person than was previously the case . |
9 | With the soft detergents now in use , this trouble is not so bad as it was a few years ago , but appreciable quantities still get into some rivers , even though the bulk is removed in sewage-purification treatment . |
10 | So when you look at it on a yearly basis and a compare it to what it was a few years ago , Yes it 's gone up a lot . |
11 | It was a few years back . |
12 | While he may not be collecting as actively as he was a few years ago , his name still inspires sufficient awe in most art world people for them to request complete anonymity when discussing him . |
13 | I found myself liking Henniker — he was a few years older than I am , and had served in the war as an AA gunner . |
14 | he 's better than he was a few years ago and |