Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sitting near the window , with its view of the fire escape , smoking a joint he 'd bought in an amusement arcade , he wrote in a notebook about visiting Spanish towns , and the beaches , then about the few days in London because his imagination ran out on Spain with the end of the brochure about flamenco dancing and bullfights , and because what he was doing was more immediate . |
| 2 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |
| 3 | China was even worse : ‘ I was sorely grieved that heathendom had so strong a hold over [ this rich country ] , ’ he wrote after a few weeks in Qanjanfu . |
| 4 | After a few weeks in Blackpool , Marjorie was overjoyed when sent to America to join the Lollipop Troupe for a year . |
| 5 | Livée played the spinet and was one of the few women in France to have mastered the analytical geometry of René Descartes . |
| 6 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 7 | Visitors to Ingatestone , one of the few houses in Essex to boast original mullioned windows , should watch out for Siddy the green parrot , who flaps around the garden performing his imitation of a ringing telephone . |
| 8 | Falmouth is one of the few estuaries in England where the tides do n't interfere too much , so realistic training for Mediterranean conditions is possible . |
| 9 | Firstly , the altitude and harsh weather in the winter meant Teesdale was not good for tree regeneration , so it is one of the few areas in England and Wales which never became deeply forested . |
| 10 | Shetland is one of the few areas in Britain which remains free of feral mink . |
| 11 | It was easily accessible from the Awash railway station and was one of the few areas in Abyssinia where wild animals survived in any number . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're right , Cleg , ’ Hari sipped the hot weak tea , enjoying every mouthful , the Jones family were one of the few families in Greenhill who could afford tea at all . |
| 13 | This hostelry has a county-wide following and is one of the few pubs in England that still has no bar and serves its wonderful beer straight from the barrels in the cellar . |
| 14 | It is one of the few pubs in London where the landlord and his staff have mastered the art of pulling a really good pint of bitter : one with a creamy head which lasts right down the glass . |
| 15 | was one of the few men in England acknowledged as an authority on Luini . |
| 16 | The sea is full of figures and this is one of the few places in Cornwall capable of still being surfed in such winds . |
| 17 | Rabbits used to play on it , one of the few places in Europe where rabbits were in no danger of being shot . |
| 18 | It 's one of the few places in Britain where you can catch sight of the endangered sand lizard or smooth snake . |
| 19 | Entering the monastery , the ticket office is on the left and is one of the few places in Prague where good guide books can be bought . |
| 20 | The reserve of Folkstumyren is on Dovrefjell and , as the name suggests , is a large mire or marsh and one of the few places in Norway where cranes breed . |
| 21 | The sudden death of Philip in the novel is one of the few references in Thomas 's work traceable to the impact of the elder critic 's death upon him and the Part it played in hardening his determination to become a writer . |
| 22 | Mr Solarz 's Brooklyn district is one of the few districts in America where Jewish voters form the majority . |
| 23 | I do n't care what you say , they really are marvellous creatures and one of the few animals in God 's world that do absolutely nothing but good . |
| 24 | Dartmoor is one of the few examples in Britain of an almost complete Bronze Age landscape . |
| 25 | When Denethor says that stewards do not come to be kings by the lapse of a few centuries in Gondor , but only ‘ in other places of less royalty ’ , the remark is true of Scotland , and of Britain — though not of Anglo-Saxon England , ruled from the legendary past of King Cerdic to 1065 by kings descended in paternal line from one ancestor . |
| 26 | But the natives were friendly except for a few incidents in Skye . |
| 27 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 28 | I 'll bet that 's made for a few tensions in Schreider Sterne Inc. ! ’ |
| 29 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 30 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |