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
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