Example sentences of "only [art] [det] years before " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happens , in the early days of computers it was thought that it would be only a few years before computers would be able to understand natural language . |
| 2 | Only a few years before alcohol prohibition was repealed in the United States in 1933 , public sentiment was similarly dominated by the opinions of the country 's prohibitionist leaders . |
| 3 | To me it was all familiar ( why , only a few years before I 'd danced there with a stiff-backed medical student by the name of Achille Flaubert ) . |
| 4 | Chief Black Moon and a thousand braves attacked the station at Huntly , Montana , only a few years before they were appearing in a more peaceable guise there . |
| 5 | Heinrich and Martha walked through this world , which was fated to last only a few years before the spell was broken , like a prince and princess . |