Example sentences of "few year [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a few years both Port and Brimscombe Mills were again run together , by P.C. Evans and Sons . |
| 2 | A few years later Thomson recognised Cage as ‘ the most original composer in America , if not the world … ’ and Cage repaid the compliment by writing the works section of a monograph on Thomson . |
| 3 | A few years later Clement V , formerly archbishop of Bordeaux , granted Edward further papal tenths , and thus relieved him of the need to tax the clergy directly or even to seek subsidies from his difficult lay subjects . |
| 4 | A few years later Peter married , settled down and had a family . |
| 5 | A few years later William Tyrell , private secretary of the foreign secretary from 1908 onwards , " went out of his way to cultivate relations with the Press " . |
| 6 | A few years later Millend too was rebuilt and by 1811 he had built yet another mill , Meadow Mill , downstream from Churchend . |
| 7 | A few years later Fleming made another unpremeditated observation , this time on a mould of the genus Penicillium , and again failed , for lack of chemical support to develop it . |
| 8 | A few years later Klaus Lankheit and Hugh Honour proposed Lorenzo Merlini . |
| 9 | It had a marked effect on those who read his poetry , and a few years later Leonard was to find himself tutored by one of Pound 's most sympathetic admirers and directed to the understanding of the American 's verse , somewhat to Leonard 's concern , as we shall see . |
| 10 | When the recession and falling prices hit the oil industry a few years later Caltex was able to ‘ shake out ’ the workforce with ease . |
| 11 | A few years later Enright came to see me when I was working in Kuala Lumpur and he was Professor in Singapore . |
| 12 | Ironically , a few years later Ken Clarke came under attack on the same issue . |
| 13 | It seems that a few years ago Mrs Brissett 's daughter 's husband left her and she had trouble finding a job and had no money … and Harriet helped her find a job somewhere . |
| 14 | ‘ I was amazed , I could get to places with cameras which just a few years ago Russians would n't have been allowed to visit , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Vincent said that a few years ago watch batteries had to be renewed every year . |
| 16 | A few years ago Claythorpe mill was in a state of dilapidation ; a sad , neglected relic of a past long forgotten . |
| 17 | A few years ago Dr Palcic , Dr Lam and their colleagues started a company called Xillix to build machines to do just that . |
| 18 | 7 & 8 A few years ago Sally Baring of Borderline went into an antique shop and left with an 1895 fabric block . |
| 19 | A few years ago Jo would have been unable to resist a put-down , but the Hollywood brat had grown up and knew how and when to be gracious . |
| 20 | A few years ago manuscript evidence was discovered that Torriano 's copy of de' Dondi 's clock was still at his house in Toledo in the seventeenth century , and it is therefore unlikely that , as formerly thought , it perished when the convent of San Yuste with its art treasures was set on fire by the French in 1809 . |
| 21 | When they opened the ground at a few years ago Bill was still alive , and er we could go and visit , go into the ground and go and have a look round and it was open to the , the general public . |
| 22 | Maybe a few years ago people would have disapproved . |
| 23 | It is interesting that only a few years ago Mr Albert Baker of Baker Bros. , Upper Halling , paid the Vicar part of the cost of wood he had cut in Halling woods . |
| 24 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 25 | He said a few years ago patients could be ‘ fairly guaranteed ’ a bed on the unit . |
| 26 | He said a few years ago patients could be ‘ fairly guaranteed ’ a bed on the unit if they needed one . |
| 27 | A few years ago Glen Robins was unemployed and living from hand to mouth . |
| 28 | A few years ago Flanders and Swan wrote a patriotic song for this country . |
| 29 | A few years ago Saunderson was a tele-communications student at the local East Michigan University . |
| 30 | The Japanese are number one in terms of imports in the US ceramics market , whereas a few years ago Wedgwood was clearly number one . |