Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] a few year " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
| 2 | Later that month , the former Rangers and Scotland forward Andy Cunningham was appointed manager of Newcastle and although he had played alongside Gallacher in the Scotland team a few years before , there was no great bond between the two . |
| 3 | He said that Microsoft would like to have the dominant position in the industry that IBM had a few years ago ‘ but I do n't think that will happen ’ . |
| 4 | There were astonished interjections from Harbury who had heard nothing of this before , but Shildon went on to say that the accusation stemmed from the sale of the lease on the top part of the Fleet Street building a few years earlier . |
| 5 | The survey — ‘ mapping the universe ’ — which Geller and Huchra began a few years ago is not yet complete but they have seen enough to conclude that ‘ the size of the largest structures we detect is limited only by the extent of the survey ’ . |
| 6 | That 's what the bosses of master brewer Guinness did a few years ago . |
| 7 | Kevin tried a few years ago and failed this time … he aims to make history … and if he does we 'll be there … |
| 8 | No one , to my knowledge , attempted to press charges of deception against the BBC for its reporters ' filming tactics in the series Black and White Britain screened a few years ago . |
| 9 | Same day , same place for a previously unknown album of 60 drawings by Henri Fuseli , acquired by a London couple a few years ago . |
| 10 | The Mexico–Australia , Paraguay–USA , and Paraguay–France matches a few years ago were other notorious examples . |
| 11 | In 1752 Horace Walpole instructed his brother , Ned , to collect tea seed ; Gilbert White came a few years later to discuss difficulties over growing melons at Selborne ; and Charles Hatton selected two pots of passion flower , ‘ lusty and strong ’ in April 1760 . |
| 12 | John returned a few years later , but he was now an old man and the moving spirit seems to have been his daughter Virginia , who carried out experiments in the breeding of silkworms at Little Gidding for the benefit of the American colony . |
| 13 | Fox appears a few years later at Churches Mill . |
| 14 | Maybe its the same one that Leeds bought a few years back and kicked out cos they were nt good enough ? ? : - ) |