Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] [art] few [noun pl] " 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 | To our relief we found the seas calm enough off the normal east landing at Geodha Stoth and dropped anchor a few yards off shore . |
| 3 | He suffered cancer a few years ago … and is putting the show on to raise money for cancer charities . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Harry Enfield discovered opera a few years ago when a friend gave him a disc of highlights from ‘ La Traviata ’ . |
| 6 | The owner of this garden was digging a new rosebed , when he hit stone a few inches below the surface . |