Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few years before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the cup was only awarded for a few years before that too disappeared . |
| 2 | Should the soil be in need of replenishment all the vines are grubbed up and the land left to fallow for a few years before new vinestock are planted and the entire cycle begins again . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Those who have a real interest will leave it for a few years before attempting training . |
| 6 | It is for this reason that the CDP has advocated direct government funding , an advocacy which seems extremely unlikely to succeed as the government will surely want to try out the new system for a few years before sanctioning any radical alteration . |
| 7 | He first embarked on an Open University degree in the technology faculty some ten years ago , but gave it a rest for a few years before starting in earnest in 1986 , in his second year at Wedgwood . |
| 8 | Living with his mother Kiefer stayed in Los Angeles for a few years before moving back to Bridgewater Canada . |
| 9 | The Marxists , by contrast , had only been able to build a viable organization , under the name of the British Socialist Party , for a few years before 1914 and were always bedevilled by sectarianism and schism . |
| 10 | Otherwise , Kovacevich was well wide of the mark and if he respects this work he might contemplate putting it away for a few years before reconsidering its interpretation . |
| 11 | Extraordinary though such a testimonial may now appear , it was invaluable to Joyce in the few years before the war . |
| 12 | No-one ever spends much time thinking about the longest holiday of their lifetime — retirement — until a few years before the big day actually arrives . |