Example sentences of "been a few year " in BNC.

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1 Been a few year they 've been , been about , must have been er erm twenty or thirty year now .
2 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 .
3 I suppose if I 'd been a few years older , I would have replied , ‘ Is n't that the only way to treat it ? ’
4 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 .
5 Maybe that 's one reason why this show has been a few years in the making .
6 However , because of the recent advent of food surpluses , this is n't the same problem as it would have been a few years ago .
7 She 'd had it for seven years , and it had been a few years old when she and Tony had bought it .
8 And I 've been a few years on the Council now and when I first went on the Council I was going to move mountains and make oh big Taj Mahals everywhere , but when you get on these things you have a rude awakening , it does n't work out that way and it works out exactly the same in this erm .
9 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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