Example sentences of "[adj] in a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In August , 1952 , more than nine inches fell in a few hours at Lynmouth , Devon . |
| 2 | We should have that in a few minutes on the , the quotes side , Mark 's gon na bring them in to me . |
| 3 | He said he could do that in a few minutes after getting to his office , and I arranged to ring him later in the morning . |
| 4 | It is native to Europe and Asia , growing mainly in well-drained ground on hill and mountainsides , and wasteland ; it is naturalized in a few places in Britain and grows well in temperate to warm regions of North America . |
| 5 | The newly founded Military Miscellany acquired a readership of 6,000 in a few months by adopting an openly reformist position vis-à-vis the army . |
| 6 | One , significant in a few parts of Europe , was the growth of a genuine popular military tradition and a willingness to regard the army as a respectable , even honourable , occupation . |