Example sentences of "a few years in the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ D'ye know what it is , ’ he growled , ‘ a few years in the army would do some of those boyos a power of good .
2 Similar criteria have often applied to the education officer who , after a few years in the classroom .
3 This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s .
4 Maybe that 's one reason why this show has been a few years in the making .
5 For one thing , the war was only a matter of a few years in the past and the number of potential suitors must have been severely limited , especially of the right intellect and calibre .
6 For a few years in the mid-1980s this pattern was reversed , and the number of people leaving the United Kingdom fell below the number entering .
7 Hugh began as a chargehand in the Teasing Department , where he returned to become foreman after a few years in the Dyed Wool Blending Department .
8 For a few years in the Sixties , scooter clubs replaced cycling but the phase passed and the emphasis was switched again to entertainment and raising money for charity .
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