Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] a [det] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A thousand feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be — especially with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand . |
| 2 | Just 1,000 feet on the QNH in solid cloud and driving rain ‘ somewhere near Maidenhead ’ is not a good place for a young pilot to be , especially one with less than eighty hours flying time , no ratings , and in an aeroplane flown for only a few hours beforehand ! |
| 3 | She put her hands against her face , thinking , ‘ I shall stand this for only a few seconds more , then I shall leave . ’ |
| 4 | Had its fabric endured with its frescoes undamaged for just a few centuries longer , it might well have been ranked as one of the world 's Seven Wonders . |
| 5 | I could watch her face as she made repeated revisions of her assessments of me of only a few moments before . |
| 6 | One of man 's great intellectual adventures — the exploration and understanding of his own nervous system — is progressing at a rate undreamed of only a few decades ago . |
| 7 | The requirements of the sectors which are expanding today bear little resemblance to the requirements of the industries of the last century , or indeed to the industry of only a few decades ago . |
| 8 | ‘ Seems like just a few minutes ago ’ |
| 9 | The accompaniment sounds very well when it is hummed , with perhaps a few words here and there while the solo part rests , or to join with it at a point of culmination . |
| 10 | So there are some new facets to catering in the RAF today compared with even a few years ago . |
| 11 | As they stared intently at a cameraman lurking on the bank , a family of mink , unnoticed peered curiously at them , from only a few metres away . |
| 12 | The fords at first included were later replaced by some 40 bridges , many of which still stand , and many miles of the original road were in use until only a few years ago . |
| 13 | THE young man filmed in the early hours of yesterday delightedly taking a pick-axe to the top of the Berlin Wall was a potent symbol of the destruction of 28 years of affront to freedom and of the potential dismantling of the system presided over until only a few weeks ago by its architect , Mr Erich Honecker . |
| 14 | That seems a far cry from just a few years ago when the only diesels were lorries , buses and the occasional taxi . |
| 15 | In just a few days over eighty people came forward , eager to support , and to add their voices and their knowledge of their neighbours to the case . |
| 16 | And she had n't honestly thought he had — until just a few hours ago on the beach when he 'd said that this was goodbye . |
| 17 | Cos I asked in here a few weeks ago and they said . |
| 18 | He was called in here a few days ago , about an accident . ’ |
| 19 | Christians of different denominations feel much closer together now — at the parish level — than they used to even a few years ago . |
| 20 | Hayes Machine Knitting Club has been running for quite a few years now and welcomes new members . |
| 21 | Right erm now that 's understandable er even , even members who get stuff posted directly such as , you know , we 've had a direct mailing system for quite a few years now , when you meet them you say what about I do n't know what you 're talking about ? |
| 22 | I 've been a carer for quite a few years now , until recently , when my grandmother died . |
| 23 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 24 | I think I 've sat is those auditorium seats in the same format for quite a few years now . |
| 25 | A neighbourly area with at least a few houses nearby will not only give company and a better community feeling but also add to security and safety . |
| 26 | They missed Delmonico 's by only a few blocks geographically but far more gastronomically — or so Maxim assumed since he also assumed that Delmonico 's did n't specialise in hamburgers and tuna sandwiches for the decorators working on the shop next door . |
| 27 | Perhaps efficiency has turned into dumping and state-aided advantages enjoyed by only a few industries here , but both sides should still be on the record . |