Example sentences of "a few years of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few years of that , I found myself becoming the kind of man I always hated . |
| 2 | It is true that the quality of most waters runs in cycles ; a few years of mediocre fish followed by a few years of quality fish . |
| 3 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 4 | When you start working in advertising get a few years of solid experience with one agency under your belt . |
| 5 | Within a few years of this last attempt by an emperor to rally the Roman empire to paganism , a Greek bishop could speak of Julian 's pagan revival as a misguided attempt to introduce ‘ novelties ’ in place of the traditional religion ; but at much the same time in the West , Christians were still regarded as outside the mainstream of respectable upper-class culture , as the foolish minority who rejected the wise and hallowed traditions of their forefathers which had made Rome great . |
| 6 | The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented . |
| 7 | But after a few years of this , you ca n't really see any attraction in it , except the security , of course . |
| 8 | Within a few years of this edition Hopkins was firmly established in the canon of English poetry . |