Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a few [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sparrow Force landed at the island 's north-west port of Koebang to protect its airfield , but within a few days the Independent Company , with some Dutch troops , was sent east along the coast to occupy Dili in the Portuguese half of the island ( see map p. 77 ) where they landed on 17 December 1941 . |
| 32 | Bad today , the situation will get worse when in a few years the number of potential recruits begins to decline . |