Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There ya go Mark , that should give you enough ammo for a good few months yet : - ) ) |
| 2 | So here I am , nursing a bruised bum , dented ego and the loss of a fair few possessions including dear old Wat Son ! |
| 3 | She still found it hard to assimilate the way her life had changed so drastically in the course of a mere few days . |
| 4 | Untold billions have been poured into research and building working reactors in return for a relative few penn'orths of electricity . |
| 5 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 6 | The four of us drifted in and out of sleep for a further few hours , then , miraculously , at about 4 pm , the fog lifted and the rain ceased . |
| 7 | When the Liberation came , the French dealt with the open collaborators in a brutal few weeks of epuration — a purge in which some innocents suffered . |
| 8 | ‘ Thanks to Mrs Ashley we employed more people , the weavers were paid overtime and we enjoyed an Indian summer for a good few years . |
| 9 | Just as we enter Machico , we pass the Hotel Dom Pedro on the right , a favourite retreat for a peaceful few days . |
| 10 | But it is quite right that Wales have decided you should have to live and play in the country for a good few years ’ . |
| 11 | Other parents long for grandchildren but find that their children delay marriage , or else their career-minded daughters or daughters-in-law have no intention of starting a family for a good few years . |