Example sentences of "[verb] for 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
| 10 | However , one the " dose and move " system has operated for a few years this problem is unlikely to arise . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 15 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |
| 16 | Wooderson continued running for a few years , winning the European 5,000 metres and stretching his span of achievement from world record breaker at half-mile to national cross-country champion over nine miles in 1949 . |
| 17 | And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment . |
| 18 | I think she felt that nothing much would happen for a few years . |
| 19 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 20 | Local information suggests that it was occasionally worked for a few years after this , but by the 1950s had stopped completely . |
| 21 | A British experiment in the first years of the twentieth century with commercial secretaries , diplomats detailed for a few years to make a special study of the trade of the area in which they were stationed , had little effect . |
| 22 | Unfortunately the cup was only awarded for a few years before that too disappeared . |
| 23 | The ground was cropped until it was exhausted and had to be left for a few years to recuperate . |
| 24 | Sir Stanley 's only regret is that he did n't play for a few years more . |
| 25 | Later , Margaret stopped playing for a few years so she could concentrate on squash but three years ago she returned to the sport and now plays outside hitter for the Balerno team . |
| 26 | He left for a few years to manage a national school , independent of the British system , but returned to read law . |
| 27 | Between the wars the Salvation Army started in Kent Road , but only lasted for a few years . |
| 28 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 29 | It was felt that this type of exercise would probably not be repeated for a few years . |
| 30 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |