Example sentences of "[prep] a few [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 .
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