Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was treasurer of the RAS from 1831 to 1840 and became president a few years before his death in 1866 . |
| 2 | I was very privileged to meet her when I visited Georgia a few years ago : a remarkable and very courageous woman . |
| 3 | A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots . |
| 4 | He suffered cancer a few years ago … and is putting the show on to raise money for cancer charities . |
| 5 | In 1956 , Vo Quy founded , with a group of other academics , the University of Hanoi and established the department of zoology , of which he became head a few years later . |
| 6 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |
| 7 | Lionel Luyt told me that it was only when he reached Europe a few years later that he realized how far ahead of his South African contemporaries John had been , doing things which he must have invented for himself because he had not had the chance to see them put into practice by others . |
| 8 | Nahh … what I 'd really like to do is come back as the guy who shot Reagan a few years back , only I would n't miss ! |
| 9 | ‘ Now , ’ said Picon a few years ago , ‘ when you read an obituary of someone with a Jewish name you know you have lost another member of the audience . ’ |