Example sentences of "a [adj] years [adv] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few years ago he had been one of the best-paid dancers in Flamenco . |
| 2 | In our July 18 issue we published an article about Olympic silver medallist , Linford Christie , which suggested that a few years ago he was a violent troublemaker who was listed by the police as ‘ dangerous ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Only a few years ago he criticised me for speaking to the press and said I should never do it again . |
| 4 | A few years ago he punched me and knocked my front teeth out . |
| 5 | A few years ago he began to have discomfort in the pubic area and pain on ejaculation . |
| 6 | A few years ago he had a flourishing little business going in that shop of his , and now look at him . |
| 7 | Just a few years ago he complained about the exact opposite — that the provisions for the community charge in Scotland were in a separate Bill from those for England and Wales . |
| 8 | A few years ago he was pretty effective I 'll admit , but that was almost entirely down to his pace , which he seems to have completely lost since his lengthy ‘ injury ’ . |
| 9 | A few years later he wrote Peter Pan for those who believed in fairies but did not want to believe in death . |
| 10 | Payments terminated on 31 May 1753 , but evidently no ill feeling marred the end of Miller 's contract as a few years later he dedicated to the Duke the beautiful Figures of Plants ( 2 vols. ) which had been published in parts from 1755–60 . |
| 11 | A few years later he discovered , to his fury , that the painters ' prices had soared and the paintings that he despised would have been immensely valuable . |
| 12 | But a few years later he was up and ready to go to Ulster . |
| 13 | ( A few years later he was to complain about Eden wearing himself out by this frivolity . ) |
| 14 | When Edith had met Joss Campbell a few years later he had been so glad for her , because Joss was older than Edith and was more than a match for Nancy . |
| 15 | A few years later he accepted it himself . |
| 16 | A few years later he was accused of having speculated on the Paris Bourse , using official information . |
| 17 | He Anglicized his name and a few years later he was being described as an accountant or merchant 's clerk ; a subsequent attempt to establish himself as a commission agent apparently failed . |
| 18 | In the late seventeenth century he came to India , gained a prominent post in the Imperial army and married into the Mughal aristocracy ; a few years later he succeeded his father-in-law as Nawab ( Governor ) of Oudh . |
| 19 | And then the next time , a few years later he 'd got it back |
| 20 | Akroyd Stuart was elected a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1901 , but a few years previously he had emigrated to Australia , where he involved himself in the design and manufacture of the Akroyd patent down-draught gas producer . |
| 21 | A few years earlier he had been the undisputed master of the empire : two hundred thousand of his warriors had paraded before him while a hundred thousand others guarded the marches of the north or fought the Somalis in the deserts to the east . |
| 22 | Two and a half years later he was a four-handicapper , but then he broke his leg in two places playing football and missed a whole season . |
| 23 | Two and a half years later he was a four-handicapper , but then he broke his leg in two places playing football and missed a whole season . |
| 24 | But two and a half years later he was front page news . |