Example sentences of "a few years [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 Just a few years younger , the Pullman Astoria still looks as grand as when Churchill stayed there , though the neighbourhood has certainly lost some of its sparkle ( Upper Town , 103 Rue Royale , telephone 02/2176290 , cost 6,000 fr ) .
2 Sadly , the old bitches his mother lined up were only a few years younger than him .
3 He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek .
4 On the mantelshelf behind him there was a photograph of a pretty , smiling , dark-haired woman , a boy of about ten and a girl a few years younger .
5 It was difficult to believe that she was only a few years younger than his mother ; both mentally and physically she belonged to a different generation .
6 ‘ Oh , I think a few years younger . ’
7 Although his friend must be a few years younger than Alice , he was fancy-free , and Alice was so lovely to look at these days , the age difference would n't be noticed .
8 ‘ If I was a few years younger , I 'd be a hooker , ’ said Constance , stretching .
9 What a shame that Andy Nicol is not a few years younger , for he too showed himself to be of world class in last year 's celebration of New Zealand 's centenary , when he played for the World XV in Christchurch .
10 In practice , the vast majority of reported offences of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl of 16 involve young men of a similar age or a few years older , and the general trend is to administer a formal caution to such persons rather than to prosecute them .
11 ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’
12 Peter was a few years older and shared David 's passion for gambling and the good things in life .
13 I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’
14 ( If her son enters when he is a few years older , he will surely be unique in being able to say he has been taking part since before he was born . )
15 Now 43 , he 's a few years older than Super Mario who made his screen debut in a 1980 arcade game .
16 She was a few years older , mature , a mother .
17 Close friendships with girls a few years older or younger than oneself were actively discouraged , and it seemed to us that to be seen in earnest conversation with a girl who belonged neither to one 's own year or one 's own house was tantamount to admitting that one was engaged in a lesbian liaison .
18 ‘ I feel staggered at being chosen as a winner , and it has made me really thrilled , even though I am a few years older than the others , ’ he said .
19 The girl — a few years older than him — was the actress Eleanor Summerfield .
20 Though from a much more comfortable background than Burton , Dylan Thomas had been brought up just the other side of Swansea Bay , a few years older than the man who would become his greatest reader .
21 He 's a few years older than I am and was already one of the most respected members of the Weighing Room when we became friends .
22 Pauline was a few years older than Chris , who was 31 , but they had found mutual support and love , and together created the opportunity to live on their own .
23 ‘ Not for a measly fifty , ’ William laughs , as he and Andy pull together and draw together , tottering on the seat while Andy throws the emptied bottle to someone in the crowd and is handed another full magnum by his partner in The Gadget Shop , a fellow ex-ad-man who 's a few years older than Andy .
24 Somewhere there would be a tutor waiting to see him — some easy-going , amiable man , not old , but a few years older than himself , with whom he could drink sherry on slightly deferential terms , and to whom he could apply for permission to hold parties , keep a car , and ride to hounds .
25 A few years older than her .
26 I found myself liking Henniker — he was a few years older than I am , and had served in the war as an AA gunner .
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