Example sentences of "few years [adv] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few years later it would be Elizabeth 's brother Samuel who would step into the breach at a time of crisis , as we shall see , but in 1808 it was Thomas Hasted , as the newly-weds skirted round the northern edge of the Tower and established themselves just inside the parish of St Mary Whitechapel . |
| 2 | A few years later it 's chocs away for Rovers ' new regime at Wolves on Saturday . |
| 3 | Somebody said , well a few years later it was Charles Manson and I said , who ? |
| 4 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 5 | Built just a few years ago it looks battle-scarred by usage and needs a good smartening up . |
| 6 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
| 7 | Only a few years ago it was a considerable achievement to fly a model helicopter at all . |
| 8 | Until a few years ago it had been clear that the courts would be prepared in such situations to exhibit a marked degree of ‘ tenderness ’ towards wives in such cases , greater tenderness in fact than would be applied to any other third party surety . |
| 9 | ‘ When Jefferson left Downton International a few years ago it certainly was n't of his own free will . |
| 10 | They went into a quiet period a few years ago it was very quiet erm but er yes they 're they 're going strong . |
| 11 | A few years ago it was not even included in some school Easter holidays . |
| 12 | I can just imagine what it 's gon na look like in a few years when it gets |
| 13 | A few years earlier it had been calculated that if the populations of modern cities continued to increase in the 20th century , so would the horse-traffic , and that by 1960 cities like New York , London , and Glasgow , would be 100 feet deep in horse manure . |
| 14 | I think that part of our business makes it more difficult because ah the purchase of Allied Carpets by Carpetland is the space of the market at a fairly speedy rate and I personally believe other retailers will have the policy to sub-let surface areas in the next few years so it 's something we got on with three years ago and very pleased we did it . |
| 15 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 16 | Picture a once decent apartment building in the Bronx , New York , a part of the city where poverty , drug abuse , AIDS , and prostitution abound , and witness over a few years how it is transformed into a miserable squat and ultimately bulldozed to make way for a new police station . |