Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Colleagues , on composite motion thirty two , Toxic Shock Syndrome , I notice a number of colleagues went to the , the meeting that was held in the Conference Hall at lunchtime , and certainly for a few minutes , I had the opportunity to listen to some of the discussions that took place . |
| 32 | However , the altitude range is only a few kilometres , and therefore with a few exceptions the major condensate on view may be ammonia in all regions . |
| 33 | A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly . |
| 34 | A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly . |
| 35 | The travellers say they 'll move on , but not for a few days.Ken Goodwin reports . |
| 36 | They will certainly leave the Centre much fitter than When they arrived , but not without a few bumps and bruises sustained along the way . |
| 37 | I was initially concerned about weatherproofing , as tongue and groove timber has no overlap ( unlike shiplap or featheredge ) , and being secondhand had a good few nail holes , but apart from a few boards showing a bit of damp , it has proved satisfactory . |
| 38 | But apart from a few sparrows and a robin redbreast the branches were bare . |
| 39 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 40 | Grainne blinked and shook her head , because just for a few seconds she had seen with dreadful clarity the Dark Ireland , the Evil Realm , the world of malevolence and malignancy . |
| 41 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 42 | From the moment that you arrive at college you will be involved in what is popularly known as " taking notes " and as likely as not within a few weeks you will be the possessor of tattered notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics or , worse still , of masses of mixed-up bits of paper . |
| 43 | The rules described for chariots apply to the Pump Wagon as well with a few exceptions which take into account its unusual construction and crew . |
| 44 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |