Example sentences of "few years [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 2 | ‘ Glasgow 's had a facelift in the past few years but it 's no more than that . |
| 3 | I have n't been too bad over the past few years but I 've certainly been left with the legacy of my habit . |
| 4 | He likes Elland Road , he 's built up a squad that looks like it could develop into a REAL force over the next few years & he 'd be mad to leave for a job where he has a competition every 2 years/a draw 's a bad result/and nobody likes him ! |
| 5 | ‘ The industry has cleaned up its act in the last few years and we import from restricted countries , ’ said the timber merchant . |
| 6 | Maureen has n't worked for the last few years and she 's ill herself , she 's got hepatitis B. |
| 7 | Mr Clark said legislation ensuring re-inspection could come into force within the next few years and he warned that it could result in hotels being prosecuted if they contravened their Fire Certificates . |
| 8 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 9 | Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament . |
| 10 | THERE 'S been a revolution in media over the last few years and it 's going to continue at an ever-increasing pace for sometime to come . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Hatfield has become a bl black spot because of the closure of , er the aerospace industry in the County has suffered gravely in the past few years and I think you will agree , the closure of at . |
| 13 | I think that 's not uncommon actually if you , when you get people who 've , who 've been away from the education system for a f a few years and I think it 's almost like mature students do have more anxiety than people who come straight from school generally speaking I think erm |
| 14 | we have extremely good erm figure on a reduction in accident over the last few years and I 'd like to erm , I 'd like Councillor to erm to prevail our thanks to the road safety officers |