Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the time I had reached middle age , the Ordnance Survey had switched the names after an inconclusive local census , and for a few years the eastern stream appeared on their maps as the River Doe before being changed again — this time to the River Greta , having no doubt decided that the eastern stream was the principal of the two and really the source of the parent river . |
| 2 | They were just what their case needed , and for a few years these texts became the foundation of the Canterbury case . |
| 3 | And er also many engineers when they were out their time , they went to Glasgow and for a few years , he , everybody who went from Galashiels , word got through to him and he met them at the station and got them settled in their digs in Glasgow . |
| 4 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 5 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 6 | Carl moved into agency at NEMS in the late 1970s and after a few years was instrumental in the formation of the PAN agency . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Eventually James Wyllie married Mrs. Kay 's sister and after a few years the Wyllie family took over the firm , retaining the name , Andrew Kay & Company . |
| 9 | I was lucky to get a job at Highgate , and after a few years was able tor educe my teaching to three days a week . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | These inspired the Chinese people and within a few years , there had been major efforts to move away from the centralised , planned economic system which was typical of communist regimes . |
| 12 | Under the legislation this was not in fact required ( only the Boards as a whole were required to break even ‘ taking one year with another ’ ) , but Citrine and his senior colleagues believed that it was a desirable principle that each Board should break even , and within a few years of nationalisation this was also tacitly accepted by the Boards . |
| 13 | His success was short-lived and within a few years Ivan had to accept Turkish suzerainty . |
| 14 | Tace , describing the orchid in his novel , had also told where it was to be found , and within a few years every tuber and plant of leuchorchis albida had been stripped from the moor . |
| 15 | Captain French died in 1854 and within a few years his wife was confined to a mental home . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But in the 1880s a successful means of refrigerating meat cargoes was found , and within a few years Australian and Argentine beef , New Zealand lamb , and American pork were flooding into the country . |
| 18 | Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it . |
| 19 | Quitting England , the two moved into the abandoned eighteenth-century château Castille in Provence which they renovated The pictures were Douglas 's and the furniture was mine ’ , says Richardson and in a few years , Cooper and Richardson made the place a private museum and shrine to Cubism and its creators , and where Picasso , Leger and Braque were frequent visitors . |
| 20 | The rate for waggoning increased and in a few years up to about 11/ per 100 kibbles was paid for ore brought out to the Bonsor Mill . |
| 21 | Let them run down just so much every year , remember your low outgoings , and in a few years ' time have them towed away for their break-up value . " |
| 22 | In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause . |