Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [noun pl] of [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 | Despite his wide range of achievements , Dall 's name is little known outside of a few groups of specialists . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
6 | You ca n't buy me with a few armfuls of flowers . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Within a few minutes of galactosides being added to the medium , the genes are switched on , and enzymes appear . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Firstly , look at a few maps of zodiacs already published to get a feeling for them . |