Example sentences of "[be] a few years [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , they 're a few years old them are . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel staggered at being chosen as a winner , and it has made me really thrilled , even though I am a few years older than the others , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’ |
| 4 | She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it . |
| 5 | He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek . |
| 6 | Although his friend must be a few years younger than Alice , he was fancy-free , and Alice was so lovely to look at these days , the age difference would n't be noticed . |
| 7 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 8 | He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’ |
| 9 | He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’ |
| 10 | Erm it 's a few years old but it 's hardly had any use . |
| 11 | Now 43 , he 's a few years older than Super Mario who made his screen debut in a 1980 arcade game . |
| 12 | He 's a few years older than I am and was already one of the most respected members of the Weighing Room when we became friends . |
| 13 | ‘ Not for a measly fifty , ’ William laughs , as he and Andy pull together and draw together , tottering on the seat while Andy throws the emptied bottle to someone in the crowd and is handed another full magnum by his partner in The Gadget Shop , a fellow ex-ad-man who 's a few years older than Andy . |
| 14 | ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . ) |
| 15 | If we consider an ordinary tree , by the time it is a few years old it has usually acquired a number of little branches , coming out more or less horizontally from the main stem or trunk . |
| 16 | If your hairdryer is a few years old , you 'll be surprised to see how many different types are now available . |
| 17 | ‘ If I was a few years younger , I 'd be a hooker , ’ said Constance , stretching . |
| 18 | Peter was a few years older and shared David 's passion for gambling and the good things in life . |
| 19 | She was a few years older , mature , a mother . |
| 20 | Pauline was a few years older than Chris , who was 31 , but they had found mutual support and love , and together created the opportunity to live on their own . |
| 21 | I found myself liking Henniker — he was a few years older than I am , and had served in the war as an AA gunner . |
| 22 | ‘ We adopted her when she was a few years old but we had a difference of opinion and she left home , ’ said Mr Harrison , a policeman . |