Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [noun] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After a few days with me he starts to calm down and see things in perspective again , ’ she reveals . |
| 2 | Because they Hyflo has 4 outlets , and I am trying to keep within budget , I would make do with 4 plates with a gap of a few inches between them — the overall effect should be total bottom filtration as there would be some sideways suction across the gravel in the gaps . |
| 3 | When he was a pace in front of her , nothing but a jangling space of a few inches between them , his voice was feather-soft . |
| 4 | Even If you are not religious , it is a welcome chance for social contact and the exchange of a few pleasantries with him . |
| 5 | pigeon hole , you know it 's just like bit of , scrap of paper with like a few names on it |
| 6 | Air is so vital that it is only possible to live for a few minutes without it . |
| 7 | On 15 December Helen 's baby , a tiny perfect girl , was born , but her labour was long and difficult and she was very ill for a few days after it . |
| 8 | He puts on the kettle with a little water in it . |
| 9 | The occasion is another dress fitting on Saturday followed by Heather 's ‘ hen party ’ , which is organized by a very efficient journalist friend of hers in London , with a little help from me . |
| 10 | With a little help from me as well . ’ |
| 11 | Sniff , run down with a little milk for them . ’ |
| 12 | Then the box was packed into a suitcase with a few clothes around it . |
| 13 | ‘ The peculiar thing is that Blackbeard seemed ready to murder us for a wallet with a few fivers in it , all of which he was going to give to his bruiser , anyway . |
| 14 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
| 15 | Then she said I could look and she gave me a piece of cloth with a few coins in it which my mother had saved for me — and the ring . |
| 16 | And I got a packet with a few quid in it that day which my mother er appreciated . |
| 17 | In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ? |
| 18 | I remember once a large white-tailed mongoose scuttled past within a few feet of us . |
| 19 | It was n't until she got within a few yards of him that he realized it was Maisie . |
| 20 | Leading to within a few yards of it was a public right-of-way . |
| 21 | As she came within a few yards of it , however , a shudder passed down its spine , and it rolled over , showing its face to the sleet . |
| 22 | When , in 1651 , the Rump ordered guns from a former employee of his , Browne delivered an emotional remonstrance to the House of Commons : the state 's security , he claimed , depended upon a single gun-founder ; his enterprise employed a ‘ stock ’ of £30,000 , had overheads of at least £4,000 per annum , and had to be kept busy . |
| 23 | But there may not be any tax to pay on it if the pension comes from a former employer of hers , and if she has a National Insurance retirement pension from her own contributions the special ‘ wife 's earned income allowance ’ will be due . |
| 24 | He might look like an old man who 's been run over a few times to you , but to me … ’ he puffed his chest out even further ‘ … he 's a vicious criminal . ’ |
| 25 | The trouble was , in Pamela 's view , that without a little help from her the world did n't seem to run very efficiently . |