Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 2 | Looking at the relaxed poses in our photographs , it will come as no surprise to learn that Clarissa modelled for a few years back in the 60s . |
| 3 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 4 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 5 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 6 | But once that 's been accepted you ca n't argue with the price and this jacket 's certain to keep you warm for a few years at least . |
| 7 | In 1986 , when leading , he hit a four-iron into it , his confidence seemingly shattered for a few years after . |
| 8 | But there are those who prefer to promote the rumour that CDs are hardly long-lasting and likely to self-destruct after a few years . |
| 9 | This had no very radical consequences : it was dropped after a few years , Diodorus says ( xi.87 ) , because too many of the prominent citizens were thereby discouraged from engaging in political life . |
| 10 | He continued to work until a few years ago and from then on passed much of his time in London . |
| 11 | Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years . |
| 12 | Like the books mentioned above , its specific content will be superseded in a few years ; but in meantime the book may be able to rescue some future Nobel laureates from becoming otherwise lost in cyberspace . |
| 13 | It was nothing like the transformation she would undergo in a few years time but it signalled the slow resurrection of her inner spirit . |
| 14 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 15 | Without them the useful life of streptomycin might have been confined to a few years . |
| 16 | Bourdieu 's articles on markets preceded by a few years his pieces on ‘ fields ’ . |
| 17 | He then occupied a country living for a few years before returning to Winchester as chaplain to the Bishop , George Morley , who was a close friend of Izaak Walton . |
| 18 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
| 19 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 20 | This perennial plant 's big , bold , green clumps , measuring 90cm/3ft high and the same in diameter , grow even bigger and more productive before they deteriorate after a few years ' growth , and are then best replaced . |
| 21 | There may be some weathering her and there After a few weeks which to Willis , however , seemed like a few years , the broker 's solicitors made a conditional offer for the poor old barge , and finally agreed to pay £1500 , provided that Dreadnought was still in shipshape condition six months hence , in the spring of 1962 . |
| 22 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 23 | The churches were usually brick built , and even when their walls did not crack and warp under the impact of the process , there remains , according to Romanian architects , the threat that their very bricks could crumble within a few years . |
| 24 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 25 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 26 | But although this strategy may work for a few years , there are few parishes which have the physical space for more than two or three new congregations . |
| 27 | There is also the safety aspect : if you have bad lighting or dangerously worn carpet on part of the staircase , waiting for a few years to tackle the problem because it is all part of the grand plan could prove very false economy indeed . |
| 28 | The dilemma of whether to improve ( or not ) an old building which may not be needed in a few years ' time can last for decades . |
| 29 | Well there 's a thing going round a few years ago were n't there with these models , just pay for them to go out there |
| 30 | Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd will close parts of three ageing plants in the Tokyo area due to restructuring : plants in eastern Tokyo , Hachioji and Takasaki , both in northwestern Tokyo , will be partly closed within a few years , and construction of a new plant in Shimizu , west of Tokyo , due to open in 1995 , has been postponed , too . |