Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course this notice would naturally not be signed by both parties as required by s. 2 , which had come into effect a few weeks before . |
| 2 | In fact , most damage to breast shape happens during their often rapid growth during pregnancy , then when filling with milk a few days after birth . |
| 3 | Even these statistics palled to insignificance a few years later when cocaine joined with heroin in the hard drugs scene and the high value of low bulk concentrated drugs made it so profitable and easy to smuggle . |
| 4 | Peter Shillinglaw , secretary of New Brighton Lifeboat which had to go into action a few times , said : ‘ I can not help but think the organisers of this race have been very , very lucky over the years . ’ |
| 5 | It mattered not that Underwood repaid in kind a few minutes later — the damage had been done . |
| 6 | Some hours of searching brought to light a few finds , these being small targets but nevertheless interesting ones . |
| 7 | Instead of the screams of starving men , there were prayers , and the prayers passed into silence as one by one they died of starvation a few yards away from food . |
| 8 | That calm , matter-of-fact voice belonged to Jack Swigert , the command module pilot , who survived that close call but died of cancer a few weeks ago . |
| 9 | A DENSE DARKNESS YOU COULD TOUCH , THE WHIRRING DIN OF THE COAL-CUTTING MACHINE , THROWING INTO THE AIR BLACK DUST SO THICK THAT THE LIGHT BEAMS FROM THE MINERS ’ LAMPS COULD ONLY SHINE INTO IT A FEW INCHES . |
| 10 | The reason for this was the bright point of light that had popped into existence a few feet from his eyes . |
| 11 | She died in hospital a few days later . |
| 12 | 'E died in 'ospital a few days later . |
| 13 | The congregation usually watched him with a perverse relish which he mistook for devout attention , but this Sunday afternoon there was palpably an added curiosity to see how well he managed to live down the shaming comedy he had enacted on horseback a few days before . |
| 14 | He was still recuperating at home a few nights later when a rustling from the rafters above his bed proved to be yet another python which had entered the village and was lying in wait . |
| 15 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
| 16 | And yes , he 's been mistaken for food a few times ! |
| 17 | He should really start thinking about double-checking a few things . |
| 18 | They had been dominant there since the late fourteenth century , played an important part in Henry IV 's usurpation in 1399 but were forfeited for revolt a few years later . |
| 19 | Very shortly afterwards the young man was called up and sadly , he was killed in action a few weeks later . |
| 20 | The directive , which follows a similar directive on non-life insurance published in draft a few months ago , is the last big element in its push to open financial markets that are still highly protected . |
| 21 | A survey of usage also brings to light a few cases of a rare use — the to infinitive denoting an action after make . |
| 22 | Each night she retired to bed a few minutes earlier , and he saw it as an excuse to avoid the means of starting another pregnancy , though she was in the best of health . |
| 23 | Their first cassette , ‘ Live in the City ’ , was released on CD a few months ago . |