Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |
| 2 | The writer only has memories of a few freights and the diesel hauled York-Bournemouth in 1964 . |
| 3 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
| 4 | I had lived in a motor car for a few years and the rediscovery of my legs was painful . |
| 5 | After fertilization has taken place , the zygote is cultured in the laboratory for a few days and the proembryo is then placed in the woman 's uterus . |
| 6 | Since the female is only on heat for a few days and the males are often widely scattered , these scents are vital for bringing the sexes together at the right time . |
| 7 | Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 . |
| 8 | Now it is only a small island with a few houses and the great cathedral with its accompanying church , S. Fosca . |
| 9 | Later , when I returned to the old man , I found him alone with a few boys and the American film . |
| 10 | The black culture will have a significant , if not dominant , place in your family perspective because every other influence will be portraying and reinforcing the white culture — hence a token attempt with a few books and the occasional embarrassed conversation will not combat it . |
| 11 | Most found jobs within a few weeks and the longest any of them was unemployed was three months . |
| 12 | each , each time you pulled a handle it did one job and er could n't tell you really now what it was , you know but er you 'd pull the five handles in a few minutes and the damn thing was done . |
| 13 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 14 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |