Example sentences of "[prep] a few years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father encouraged her desire to learn navigation and other aspects of seamanship , and after a few years her proficiency was obvious to everyone who sailed with her . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ After I had been at the Bedford Institution for a few years there were changes for the better . |
| 9 | For a few years he was a lecturer in divinity at Hertford College and in 1911 published A Gospel Monogram . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For a few years it would undoubtedly be more expensive to cable Britain with optical-fibre links directly into the home . |
| 12 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 13 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 14 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Within a few years we will see the majority of UK companies having smoking policies . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Perhaps too the journey had reminded her of the dreadful certainty that within a few years her beauty would fade , and all these inflated hopes and fears had combined to produce a mood of abandon utterly foreign to her that had found its culmination in that jungle storm . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Within a few years it was the Guns Mill Paper Company . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Captain French died in 1854 and within a few years his wife was confined to a mental home . |
| 23 | Within a few years he could have looked almost as menacing as he did six months ago . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The first adult Scout troop formed was the 1st Duke of Grafton 's Own ( Clapham St. Bede 's ) which was formed in 1913 , and within a few years there were also Scouters and Guiders established in London at West Ham , Green Lanes ( St. John of Beverley 's ) , North Clapham and Stoke Newington . |
| 28 | Yet within a few years she won the County Bronze and Silver Championships in two successive seasons , almost certainly a unique feat . |
| 29 | In a few years their needs were very different , the young one needed to be in bed and the older one wanted to play music with his friends . |
| 30 | In a few years her shame , and she herself , would be forgotten . |