Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [prep] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of these rural craftsmen were still part-time farmers or cottagers with a few acres of land and rights on the commons and wastes . |
2 | There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings . |
3 | I was terrified of saying anything that the kidnappers would view as a coded message or as offensive in any way , in case John should suffer for it , but how was I to put a year 's worth of thoughts and feelings into a few lines ? |
4 | Comparisons with published data for central Atlantic islands are restricted to samples of common rock types , mainly transitional basalts , alkali basalts and basanites with a few nephelinites . |
5 | More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course . |
6 | During the following months we started to distribute basic medical material to dispensaries , health centres , and hospitals in a few districts . |
7 | There are possible side effects such as nausea and headaches for a few days and extremely rarely there are other serious complications . |
8 | List all your outgoings and expenses over a few weeks . |
9 | Garden cress , curly endive , salad rocket and salad rape are other salads which can be harvested as seedlings within a few weeks , before they interfere with the maturing brassicas . |