Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Clive Griffiths , the Welsh coach , may persuade me to play against France in a few weeks ' time but I have made up my mind to call it a day , ’ he said last night . |
2 | They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels . |
3 | He jerked his poncho up , felt about in the pocket of his filthy jeans and produced a screwed-up bit of paper which he handed to Ward with a few muttered words . |
4 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
5 | We 're going to Kinsai in a few days . |
6 | We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children . |
7 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
8 | He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once . |
9 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
10 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
11 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
12 | In or after 1147 Andrew returned to England for a few troubled years as the first abbot of Wigmore , a daughter house of St Victor in Herefordshire . |
13 | Helen leaves for Chile at the end of September 1994 to help local projects in the country including an orphanage and other community projects and will not return to Britain until a few days before Christmas . |
14 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
15 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |
16 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
17 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
18 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
19 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
20 | The Duke stared at Sharpe for a few seconds , then flinched at the blood which was caked on the Rifleman 's jacket . |
21 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
22 | She 'd get to California in a few days . |
23 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
24 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
25 | He is expected to leave hospital to return to Jordan in a few days , and wo n't need any further treatment , the royal doctor added . |
26 | ‘ He 's only been working for Harry for a few weeks . |
27 | The Starsearch returns to Derry in a few weeks , and those who missed out on this occasion are strongly urged to re-enter . |