Example sentences of "[adv] within a few year " in BNC.
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1 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
2 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
3 | Yet in most of the cases they present , the hoaxer was found out within a few years and promptly punished with significant disgrace . |
4 | Yet within a few years she won the County Bronze and Silver Championships in two successive seasons , almost certainly a unique feat . |
5 | How often have you known it for the butler who is on everyone 's lips one day as the greatest of his generation to be proved demonstrably within a few years to have been nothing of the sort ? |