Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] of [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slept well after a few pints of Sussex Devil at the local , and woke up to find my caddie famous . ’ |
| 2 | But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ . |
| 3 | Or — like a few men of Sparrow Force whom Corporal Palmer had found near the coast living off the Company 's abandoned-in-transit Christmas parcels — they wandered aimlessly until captured , or killed by native factions . |
| 4 | Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ? |
| 5 | Within a few moments of Dr McNab 's saline injections Dr Dunstaple had begun to revive . |
| 6 | The gun had landed within a few inches of Blake . |
| 7 | Since Freemantle had to walk within a few yards of Leapor 's door whenever she approached Brackley from Hinton , it is perhaps odd that they had not met at least in passing . |
| 8 | Within a few years of Karak Eight Peaks ' fall the Night Goblins had settled permanently in the ruins and split into many tribes based around the adjoining mountains and the tunnels that ran beneath them . |
| 9 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 10 | Within a few days of Elizabeth 's death the reivers had taken what they imagined would be the opportunity for easy plunder , and swarmed over the Border in what their victims and the Wardens referred to as ‘ Ill Week ’ . |
| 11 | AND you receive the magazine within a few days of UK publication . |
| 12 | Within a few days of Prince Albert 's death , young Henry Joseph Titford , aged nine , fell ill with tubercular bronchitis . |
| 13 | Their room at school , within a few weeks of Katherine arrival , had by a few deft touches and additions acquired a new look . |
| 14 | But within a few weeks of William 's appointment she had applied to three different London boroughs for a job — any job — in social work , taken the first one she 'd been offered , fixed up the flat , put the cottage on the market , found a school for Edwin , and fled from the last five years of her life with almost indecent haste . |
| 15 | Within a few weeks of Glass 's abduction , a group calling itself the Organization of Good against Evil released video pictures of him allegedly confessing to being a spy . |
| 16 | The Scottish Protestants had their own dramatic gesture to make within a few weeks of Mary Tudor 's death . |
| 17 | Preston shook his head , but it was true that within a few weeks of Mary Moxton 's death William 's mum had bought her first shop . |
| 18 | Yet within a few months of Richard 's returning to school he had moved in with Philip , leaving his own family to do so . |
| 19 | Adverse winds carried them not to Kintail , from which they could have got within a few miles of Inverness by water , but to the shores of Loch Alsh , a sea-water inlet separating the Isle of Skye from the south-west tip of Ross and Cromarty . |
| 20 | These two mills were also on the direct route to Bristol and within a few miles of Fromebridge . |
| 21 | The fact that it was larger than most local mills and within a few miles of Cirencester probably saved it . |
| 22 | One , significant in a few parts of Europe , was the growth of a genuine popular military tradition and a willingness to regard the army as a respectable , even honourable , occupation . |
| 23 | After shaving , rub in a few drops of Corvette After-Shave . |
| 24 | Surely they 'd do better making love on board Grace than on a few yards of Mackenzie tartan ? |
| 25 | A quick walk down Coronation Street was followed by a few pints of Newton and Ridley Ale before we departed . |