Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] a few [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The year went reasonably well but there were of course a few difficulties as you would expect from a new organisation . |
| 2 | Attrition , bribery and plain common sense brought about the fall of Kyrenia a few weeks after Nicholas returned there , and although Carlotta , kept in ignorance , might have been devastated by the news , it held no surprises for the people of Cyprus . |
| 3 | William , who has been on invalidity benefit since the accident , accepted a settlement of £70,000 a few days before the case started . |
| 4 | A severe attack of pneumonia a few weeks before the entrance examination destroyed his university hopes , and he resigned himself to working on his father 's farm . |
| 5 | He was last seen in England a few days before he was due to attend an important conference in Italy . |
| 6 | Well back in September a few weeks after the quarry men first came out on strike a few of us went up to the picket line , a few of the women . |