Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a few [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely you can tap the chairman for a few quid so we can buy someone half-decent . |
| 2 | Payments terminated on 31 May 1753 , but evidently no ill feeling marred the end of Miller 's contract as a few years later he dedicated to the Duke the beautiful Figures of Plants ( 2 vols. ) which had been published in parts from 1755–60 . |
| 3 | They stared at the dead sheep for a few seconds longer , then went back to the van . |
| 4 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 5 | She rummaged about in her brown paper carrier-bag for a few minutes more . |
| 6 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
| 7 | Having used the preamp for a few weeks now I have got bored with the presets and want to start using it to create some more familiar sounds . |
| 8 | Some were parents enjoying the luxury of a few hours away from their children , who were fully occupied with games and competitions at the miniclub . |
| 9 | He echoed her words of a few moments before , and the jarring note of triumph in his voice rang a warning bell somewhere in Shannon 's mind . |
| 10 | His words of a few days ago came unbidden into her mind . |
| 11 | But not many people this century , even during the boom of a few years ago ( when Tory ministers still bragged about the ‘ sea change ’ that had supposedly taken place in the British economy ) , have ever seriously thought of the UK as a ‘ land of opportunity ’ . |
| 12 | Though the unit still has responsibility for keeping ministers informed of developments in the UK oil and gas industry , most of the 86 staff working for OSO now focus on worldwide developments , including opportunities in the former Soviet republics and other areas which were closed markets to British exporters until a few years ago . |
| 13 | Often in the past he had tried to keep her in bed in the morning , but always she had pushed off his sleep-drugged advances with a brusque reminder that she had work to do , stubbornly shutting her mind to the tenderness of a few hours before . |
| 14 | erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing |
| 15 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
| 16 | Perhaps if the age-gap of eight years between them had been less … perhaps if she herself had stayed at home for a few years instead of finding separate lodgings as soon as she 'd finished her A levels and joined Grantham and Marsh as a junior copywriter … |
| 17 | The decision to cut the federal funds rate — the level at which banks borrow from each other overnight — from 4 to 33/4 p.c. is a far cry from market concerns of a few weeks ago that the Fed might soon tighten monetary policy . |
| 18 | A busy man who was prepared for ‘ another talk ’ after the prolonged exchange of a few days earlier , was not quite the self-absorbed , withdrawn person he has sometimes been portrayed . |
| 19 | This alone may well explain the presence of walled areas with a few buildings within , as at Margidunum . |
| 20 | Sarah was keen to catch her brother up but did n't really get involved in the sport until a few years later whilst studying at Nottingham University . |
| 21 | Hubel and Wiesel showed that the properties of the neurons in the visual cortex were drastically changed by restricting the visual experience of an animal , provided that these restrictions took place during a few months early in life called the sensitive period . |
| 22 | If the bedroom you occupy is large enough to be turned into a comfortable bed-sitting-room , or if you have your own private sitting-room in the house , you can avoid trouble and confrontation by entertaining friends there , and that will be the end of it ; but if not , after a tactful explanation of your needs to your parent , you should get to the point of suggesting clearly that she might agree to retire to her room for a few hours sometimes when your friends come to the home ( after you have all shared a meal together first , if she wishes ) . |
| 23 | Duff Cooper , against all expectations of a few weeks before , won by a majority of nearly 6000 . |
| 24 | Kimon , therefore , was dumped by ( among others ) his own troops of a few months before — he was , after all , the man who had got them into the Ithome mess . |
| 25 | That makes it dramatically far less effective than on some previous recordings , but the central anthem is beautifully done , and it is good too to have the three superb Funeral Sentence anthems of a few years earlier . |
| 26 | No but I did say about it Lester Piggott on a few weeks ago . |
| 27 | " Ah , " he said , when almost out of sight , back in the depths of the room , not far from the small winding-stair he had entered the room by a few minutes earlier . |
| 28 | Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a love torn nymph , and at the end of a luminous day , when the sun turns everything to delicate hues , even the sceptical are ready to admit they have seen the Trasimeno nymph — adding to the water level with a few tears more . |
| 29 | I have owned a GameBoy for a few months now , and still use it . |
| 30 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |