Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | At the weekends he can be anywhere within a few hours drive doing the job of a ‘ Sapper ’ the army 's word for a Military Engineer . |
| 32 | Reinhardt at once invited him to join his Viennese theatre company , and within a few seasons Henreid had become one of its leading players . |
| 33 | Within a few years clubs appeared all over the country . |
| 34 | Within a few years Raffles had realised his dream . |
| 35 | His success was short-lived and within a few years Ivan had to accept Turkish suzerainty . |
| 36 | Within a few days people phoned or called to confirm their attendance . |
| 37 | Within a few months business looked good , so well had the way been prepared for the success of our own Community Station . |
| 38 | Intriguingly , in a few cases Raper found that the G and C cells became linked to the axon they would Follow just before the turn was made . |
| 39 | In a few minutes Parry returned with an old newspaper . |
| 40 | But in a few places conditions remain unaltered and they suit the original design to perfection . |
| 41 | I 'm retiring in a few months Daphne said quietly . |
| 42 | ‘ The changes facing the industry with the ending of the variable premium in a few months time made buyers highly selective , ’ said auctioneer Michael Walton who managed to extract an average £1000 for ram lambs against a 1990 figure of £1209 . |
| 43 | In a few words Travis had blocked her line of retreat . |
| 44 | Outside a few laboratories smallpox became extinct worldwide in 1977 . |
| 45 | On a few occasions Frankie had found the courage to scale the perimeter wall to look for rats in the mouth of the tunnel . |