Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] year [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a ten years I 've in consequence of the ill state of my nephew . |
| 2 | After a few years they may find that not enough of their nature is being fulfilled . |
| 3 | But after a few years I discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients . |
| 4 | I did n't think that after a few years I would end up doing both ! ’ |
| 5 | After a few years he was able to believe that guilt itself was an indulgence , that he did n't need to suffer it unless he chose . |
| 6 | No doubt it appealed to his vanity and his ambition to be regarded as more than a mere fiddler ; but after a harrowing year it must have been a decision he bitterly regretted . |
| 7 | During the course of a single year I will use upwards of one thousand Biros , yet I have never actually worn one out . |
| 8 | In the space of a few years we had Eldon Square in Newcastle , the Cleveland Centre in Middlesbrough , Milburngate in Durham , where you could stroll heedless of weather and traffic . |
| 9 | Analysis of Prime Ministers ' involvement in parliamentary debates shows that in the course of an average year they will participate in six debates and make six statements on policy , usually on the economy , foreign affairs , and government business . |
| 10 | Only in recent years has it been taken over as the civic centre , and the Goose Fair relegated to the outer suburbs ; but for something like a thousand years it was the market place . |
| 11 | If you lose the same amount of money for a second year you 're down to a position where one small slip would take the business into insolvency . |
| 12 | For a dozen years it was a vintage period in all respects . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | For a few years he was a lecturer in divinity at Hertford College and in 1911 published A Gospel Monogram . |
| 15 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
| 16 | For a few years it would undoubtedly be more expensive to cable Britain with optical-fibre links directly into the home . |
| 17 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 18 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 19 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 20 | Holiday parks in which you can camp , or stay in a chalet or caravan are now remarkably good — so much so that if you have n't tried this kind of holiday for a few years you could be in for a very pleasant surprise . |
| 21 | And every Saturday for a whole year she run a Japanese consulate . |
| 22 | Within a few years we will see the majority of UK companies having smoking policies . ’ |
| 23 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 24 | Within a few years it had 200 local groups , had organized the first London rally against nuclear power ( in 1977 ) , and had effectively intervened in the debate about British nuclear policy . |
| 25 | Within a few years it was the Guns Mill Paper Company . |
| 26 | Within a few years it had evolved into the ASEA , and by 1909 there were seventeen affiliated committees in London and ten in the provinces . |
| 27 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 28 | At an early age he was apprenticed to the lace trade in Nottingham , but in about 1820 moved to Chard in Somerset , a centre of lace-making , and was so successful that within a few years he had established his own business as a manufacturer of bobbins and bobbin carriages . |
| 29 | Merceron 's political career began in 1787 , and within a few years he had became a vestryman , a tax commissioner , and a justice of the peace . |
| 30 | Cavan 's biggest problem is tradition according to Reilly , so much so that if a manager does n't deliver the goods within a few years he 's gone and a new one comes along . |