Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a few [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the sites under consideration may be of the same date and status , but they may be occupied for part of the year , or for a few years only . |
| 2 | The remaining cousins signed their copies of the memorandum , either on the day of the funeral or within a few days afterwards . |
| 3 | A second dominant trend in the twentieth century is the gradual extension of democracy , but as I showed in Chapter 1 this was a slow and halting process in the interwar years , with democracy being suppressed in several European countries , by fascist regimes , the Stalinist dictatorship and the dictatorships in Portugal and Spain , while in the colonial territories it either did not exist at all , or in a few cases only in rudimentary forms . |
| 4 | Those who did marry all left the trade , except for a few cases where the husband was a serving soldier abroad during the war . |
| 5 | Tonight there was a moon , starlight even , and he knew that after a few minutes away from the house it would be possible for her to see with surprising clarity ; but moon or no moon , it seemed to make little difference to her and she 'd been spending hours abroad at even the deepest , darkest point in the cycle . |
| 6 | Part of him wants to get back to the security of home but he knows that after a few weeks there he might long for the contacts , communication and craziness of the multi-media scheme . |
| 7 | It should also be credited with the fact that within a few years very little more was heard from politicians about the importance of the much-vaunted ‘ British independent nuclear deterrent ’ against which CND had originally campaigned . |
| 8 | I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more . |
| 9 | So she agreed to that bargain , and for a few days more kept the secret to herself , still hopeful that she might be mistaken , and yet at the same time aware of a feeling of inner triumph at the knowledge that she had her very own baby growing inside her womb . |
| 10 | It was sad to think that they had waited so long in England for this invasion of their homeland and after a few hours ashore so many of them had been killed or wounded , the dead now lying in a temporary grave in the corner of a Normandy orchard . |
| 11 | Her cancer , which had not even been mentioned during the hypnosis session , rapidly regressed and after a few weeks even all radiological evidence of it had disappeared . |
| 12 | I pulled the wing above my head , steadied it , turned and faced downhill and with a few steps forward , and a gentle push from David , I was airborne . |
| 13 | Allen cast around and within a few yards further came upon a man-made path , narrow and winding , but in frequent use . |
| 14 | Those industrial societies which were ( and in a few cases still are ) collectivist and centrally planned , have had to cope with different problems , although they too were affected by economic recession , and faced some of the same difficulties in maintaining economic growth . |
| 15 | The rate for waggoning increased and in a few years up to about 11/ per 100 kibbles was paid for ore brought out to the Bonsor Mill . |
| 16 | Tension in the neck and shoulders can be eased by circling the shoulders up and around a few times backwards and forwards and by circling your head slowly down to your chest and then up so that your neck is stretched with your chin in the air . |
| 17 | But for a few hours today there was hope . |
| 18 | ‘ But until a few years ago you were chairman , Mr Glastonbury . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Because for a few days now it will be very dangerous in the forest . ’ |
| 20 | This is good news for all because with a few modifications hopefully on the same car I may be in with a chance for first prize next year where the prize money increases plus a trip to the States to see their ‘ Sound Off Championships ’ . |
| 21 | At the moment we are also paying for a specialist company to provide address labels in postcode order ( to quality for Presstream ) because until a few weeks ago the National Office computer could not do this task . |
| 22 | There 's somebody came in today , a guy came in today who used to work with us who usually comes in occasionally and I would see him , but for a few weeks now , so he noticed it . |
| 23 | Guitarist Simon Walker left right at the end of recording and so , as of a few weeks ago , we have a brand-new House Of Love guitarist — ex-Woodentop Simon Mawby , fresh from playing funky Chic-style stuff behind Jimmy Somerville , and now in the unenviable position of trying to learn the new album while compressing three guitar parts into one in order to play it live . |