Example sentences of "for a few years " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was felt that this type of exercise would probably not be repeated for a few years . |
| 32 | Ditton worked in the bakery over vacations for a few years and reckoned that each man had an illegal income of about 10 per cent of his bread sales , very little of which appeared as a loss in the firm 's financial records . |
| 33 | All were of the highest technical calibre and all displayed an extraordinary range of exuberant and exotic motifs , For a few years , until Justinian effectively eclipsed it by his construction of the church of St Sophia in 532–537 , st Polyeuktos was evidently the largest and most sumptuous church in Istanbul ( Constantinople ) . |
| 34 | For a few years it would undoubtedly be more expensive to cable Britain with optical-fibre links directly into the home . |
| 35 | If such a system is adopted , it may keep TV viewers happy for a few years , but it will prove a handicap to the growth of information technology and a source of discontent within a very few years . |
| 36 | He retired from public life for a few years and then returned to full prominence . |
| 37 | Best wishes and thanks for making the old rag worth reading again for a few years … |
| 38 | Unfortunately the cup was only awarded for a few years before that too disappeared . |
| 39 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 40 | After reading your magazine for a few years now , I feel it 's time to send you a letter . |
| 41 | But although this strategy may work for a few years , there are few parishes which have the physical space for more than two or three new congregations . |
| 42 | Should the soil be in need of replenishment all the vines are grubbed up and the land left to fallow for a few years before new vinestock are planted and the entire cycle begins again . |
| 43 | The root form has the ability to reproduce itself by parthenogenesis several times throughout the year for a few years without passing into another form . |
| 44 | There was then silence for a few years . |
| 45 | During the next two or three days I noticed one of the remaining young fish was being chased around the tank by an older Harlequin , which had been in the aquarium for a few years . |
| 46 | Carruthers was appointed as District Geologist in charge and Dinham was also posted there from Scotland for a few years . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 49 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 50 | New sayings are on everyone 's lips for a few years and then for no reason they disappear , becoming as dead and as dated as the dodo . |
| 51 | The genial heavyweight said : ‘ I 've fought as an amateur for a few years . |
| 52 | The rhizome ( rootstock ) will remain in the heated tank for a few years producing fresh plants after periodic overwintering . |
| 53 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 54 | But Kirk 's reputation went ahead of him for a few years to come . |
| 55 | The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise . |
| 56 | He then occupied a country living for a few years before returning to Winchester as chaplain to the Bishop , George Morley , who was a close friend of Izaak Walton . |
| 57 | But once that 's been accepted you ca n't argue with the price and this jacket 's certain to keep you warm for a few years at least . |
| 58 | HAVING BEEN a regular reader of your magazine for a few years now , I have been most interested in the regular updates on the progress in restoration of Bf 109G G-USTV . |
| 59 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 60 | What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway . |