Example sentences of "few years [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quick spin of his ‘ Sweet Freedom — The Best Of ’ compilation album of a few years back is proof enough that he has had many hits in his home patch without making similar in-roads here . |
| 2 | Calcium ions turn on the zygote at fertilisation , and a few years back were named the ‘ final common pathway ’ in cell death . |
| 3 | One of the wonder boys we sold a few years back was Ian Snodin , to Everton . |
| 4 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 5 | During the next few years children are likely to be engaging in more sustained projects as part of their learning of mathematics . |