Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] years it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For a dozen years it was a vintage period in all respects . |
| 3 | For a few years it would undoubtedly be more expensive to cable Britain with optical-fibre links directly into the home . |
| 4 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 5 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 6 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Within a few years it was the Guns Mill Paper Company . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |
| 11 | League is concerned , is the amount of money coming into the game and the danger that over a few years it could widen the division between the haves and the have-nots . |