Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [noun pl] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few days of tests and observation , the surgeon approached her bed . |
| 2 | The treating , perhaps fortunately , cut his visit short for after a few nights of festivities he was stony broke . |
| 3 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 4 | Despite his wide range of achievements , Dall 's name is little known outside of a few groups of specialists . |
| 5 | Abubakar Mgumia , minister for tourism , natural resources and environment , said : ‘ The hunting of a few elephants by tourists will not affect the number of elephants in the country . ’ |
| 6 | They 'd never amount to a fortune — not at a penny a hundred points — but at least they paid for a few packets of cigarettes . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 8 | The pros are expected to come up with a few answers to problems . |
| 9 | You ca n't buy me with a few armfuls of flowers . ’ |
| 10 | I would get a stocking with a few bits of things in when I was young and Grandma used to make a big cake with white icing , but that would be when Daddy was alive . |
| 11 | Modern brick and concrete duplexes squatted here and there along the road , each with a few rows of vines trained along wires suspended from concrete posts behind them . |
| 12 | Occasionally Ella took the train to town with a portfolio of hand-blocked patterns , and usually she returned , blown but jubilant , with a few orders from firms who appreciated her strong shades of olive green , dull beetroot and dirty yellow madly ensnared in black mesh . |
| 13 | I FIRST came across Theatre de Complicite seven years ago in a show called More Bigger Snacks Now , which featured a definitive demonstration of just how much mess it is possible to make with a few packets of crisps and a couple of cans of Coke . |
| 14 | A shaded patio overlooks the garden , well planted with colourful racks of equipment and sails , and the garden leads straight onto the beach , mainly sand with a few patches of pebbles . |
| 15 | The missiles would blast out of their launchers , navigate automatically across Europe , and land within a few metres of targets such as airfields , ports , power stations , dams and locks . |
| 16 | Within a few minutes of galactosides being added to the medium , the genes are switched on , and enzymes appear . |
| 17 | They insisted that neither loyalists nor republicans would have left 200 lb of explosive within a few feet of men and women working contentedly in the bakery kitchen and suggested that it was more like the work of outside agents , acting under strict and impersonal orders . |
| 18 | In short the pictures in an art museum have been closely monitored , often through decades and in a few cases for centuries , so full descriptions that appear in the catalogues have a thorough-paced authority . |
| 19 | In the villages without supplies water for all domestic purposes is fetched from springs , from wells and in a few cases from streams . |
| 20 | It is not known why this occurs in a few animals after strangles infection . |
| 21 | Let us suppose that your department is keen to try investigative work ; some have been on courses ; there is access to a few ideas from books and journals ; and the main concern is how people will cope personally and pedagogically in the classroom . |
| 22 | By contrast these areas are rolling plains bearing many craters smaller than about 10 km diameter plus a few craters with diameters in the range 10 to 20 km . |
| 23 | The winds at lower altitudes have been measured at a few locations by landers as they descended through the atmosphere . |
| 24 | Firstly , look at a few maps of zodiacs already published to get a feeling for them . |