Example sentences of "a few years [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Within a few years clubs appeared all over the country . |
2 | In a few years things may change , I ca n't promise that , but they may . |
3 | For a few years chimpanzees raised in human households learn as well as human infants of the same age , but they soon reach the limit of their ability and are rapidly overtaken by human youngsters . |
4 | But in just a few years computers have made many specialised tasks obsolete , enabling one person not only to do the work of many , but to do many different jobs at once . |
5 | Temporarily for a few years trains could use that Thameslink line . |
6 | Within a few years Raffles had realised his dream . |