Example sentences of "few years in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheyney passed from Sandhurst into the army , buying a commission in a regiment which was ordered to India , where he spent a few years in inactive service . |
| 2 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 3 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 4 | The majority of reported decisions over the next few years in other State courts took the Californian position , that first resort was to be had to the Convention procedures . |
| 5 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
| 6 | I just wondered if someone who had spent a few years in medical school might take a job away from the field … just for a summer . |
| 7 | We have been most successful in the past few years in attracting investment from 18 countries . |