Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [noun pl] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | As it was , I was lucky to get away with a few bruises if the person who slugged me was the one who knocked off Mahoney . |
| 32 | The black culture will have a significant , if not dominant , place in your family perspective because every other influence will be portraying and reinforcing the white culture — hence a token attempt with a few books and the occasional embarrassed conversation will not combat it . |
| 33 | Most found jobs within a few weeks and the longest any of them was unemployed was three months . |
| 34 | each , each time you pulled a handle it did one job and er could n't tell you really now what it was , you know but er you 'd pull the five handles in a few minutes and the damn thing was done . |
| 35 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 36 | It is the unique experience of rail travellers on the Gotthard to glimpse the same , unmistakable baroque-domed village church three times in a few minutes as the train passes it at different levels above and below . |
| 37 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 38 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |
| 39 | ( 1 would suggest that you do this over a few days as the list may well vary according to the mood you are in . ) |
| 40 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |