Example sentences of "space [prep] [art] few [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | In the space of a few moments one crossed a cultural divide now generations deep . |
2 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
3 | In the space of a few years we had Eldon Square in Newcastle , the Cleveland Centre in Middlesbrough , Milburngate in Durham , where you could stroll heedless of weather and traffic . |
4 | Rookies were all the same in the beginning , eager to please and desperate to be judged favourably by their superiors , but within the space of a few months they had become as bitter and cynical as the seasoned policemen they had been trying to impress . |
5 | In the space of a few weeks they went from favouring broadly no change in taxation ( which is what the chancellor gave them ) to yearning for the rod — in one case a tax rise of £5 billion-10 billion . |