Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been [art] [det] years " in BNC.

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1 I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’
2 He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek .
3 It had been a few years since he had served Mass last as an altar-boy in Rosstrevor , and even the new authority of his police sergeant 's stripes did little to compensate for his nervousness at being on the altar again .
4 She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it .
5 It had been a few years since I 'd ridden a bike but it 's like sex , providing you do n't fall off , you soon get back into the swing of it .
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