Example sentences of "[verb] it a [det] years " in BNC.
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1 | She knew what Papa would say because he had said it a few years ago when she had begun to reproach him and all men for their oppression of women . |
2 | In return , I described my discovery of Weimar 's system for naming streets when I had visited it a few years earlier . |
3 | mm , have you had it a few years ? |
4 | We just wanted to give it a few years to see what would happen , concentrating on what we hoped would come together some day . |
5 | this boy who 'd been doing it a few years . |
6 | The next morning we walked up the glacier and did a lengthy rock scramble , the Trifthorn ( 3,728 metres ) , partly to acclimatise , and partly because Martin had tried it a few years earlier and failed to reach the top . |
7 | They also did it a few years ago with their then hottest act , Alexander O'Neal . |