Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] a [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very privileged to meet her when I visited Georgia a few years ago : a remarkable and very courageous woman . |
| 2 | A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots . |
| 3 | My sister-in-law was allowed to visit Palestine a few years ago . |
| 4 | She married a chap called Parkes a few years back but he went off and left her . |
| 5 | Lionel Luyt told me that it was only when he reached Europe a few years later that he realized how far ahead of his South African contemporaries John had been , doing things which he must have invented for himself because he had not had the chance to see them put into practice by others . |
| 6 | Nahh … what I 'd really like to do is come back as the guy who shot Reagan a few years back , only I would n't miss ! |
| 7 | ‘ Now , ’ said Picon a few years ago , ‘ when you read an obituary of someone with a Jewish name you know you have lost another member of the audience . ’ |