Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] a few year " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a personal level I ca n't go off and say ‘ Bye darling ’ , I 'll see you in a few years . |
| 2 | See you in a few years time with fucking . |
| 3 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 4 | I continued donating until late 1987 when the pressures of my early twenties swept me into a few years of self neglect by alcohol and all those unhealthy things that young people do . |
| 5 | The vessels ' hulls are completely intact , and the team hopes to raise them within a few years . |
| 6 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
| 7 | But Kirk 's reputation went ahead of him for a few years to come . |
| 8 | Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years . |
| 9 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
| 10 | You know he 's twenty two , twenty three years old , you know , you know whatever he 's doing he 's liable to be with him for a few years yet and what can one see |
| 11 | her for a few years . |
| 12 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |
| 13 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 14 | Those who have a real interest will leave it for a few years before attempting training . |
| 15 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 16 | You 've had it for a few years too . |