Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a few [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resultant online , interactive database is designed to be so easy to use that after a few minutes practice even novices can make very sophisticated searches and will have nearly instantaneous access to a vast storehouse of information hitherto accessible only after tedious , time-consuming and costly searches through individual issues . |
| 2 | He says that in a few years gas will become expensive , and coal will be waiting in the wings as a cheap form of energy . |
| 3 | ‘ Margaret I hope you do n't mind my saying this , but are n't you forgetting that in a few years Dickie 'll be grown up ? |
| 4 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
| 5 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 6 | Eleanor looked as if he had actually hit her , and for a few moments Jessamy found herself feeling sorry for her . |
| 7 | He sensed my curiosity about how much the twins were worth , and for a few seconds reticence and candour fought across his face , but then he shrugged . |
| 8 | They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard . |
| 9 | The men followed them and within a few moments lord Hulton and I were standing there just as before watching the tiny figures on the skyline , listening to the distant " Haow , haow ! " |
| 10 | His success was short-lived and within a few years Ivan had to accept Turkish suzerainty . |
| 11 | Contact with the man Wagner now kindled an interest in Wagner the theorist and within a few weeks Nietzsche was writing again to Rohde to impress on his friend his high opinion of Wagner 's Opera and Drama , a treatise written nearly twenty years before , but apparently now providing Nietzsche 's first direct acquaintance with any of Wagner 's theoretical works . |
| 12 | A treaty was signed outside Haddington , and within a few weeks Mary , Queen of Scots , was on her way from Dumbarton to Paris . |
| 13 | Reinhardt at once invited him to join his Viennese theatre company , and within a few seasons Henreid had become one of its leading players . |
| 14 | Fixed-price contracts have been normal for production contracts but on occasion this has led to claims that excess profits have been made and in a few cases repayment of the excess has been enforced . |
| 15 | There was a tumult at the gates , and in a few moments Dunan and the Hearthwares joined them . |
| 16 | It 's time we had ministers who will listen to Social Services and in a few months time we shall have them , a Labour Government . |
| 17 | erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily |
| 18 | But after a few days Mcduff lost interest . |
| 19 | But after a few days Clare began to worry . |
| 20 | Heights do not usually exceed 12 metres but in a few instances heights of more than 20 metres have been involved . |
| 21 | But in a few places conditions remain unaltered and they suit the original design to perfection . |
| 22 | But within a few hours Mal was suffering exhaustion and Bill had injured himself falling on diamond-hard green ice on the Lhotse Face . |
| 23 | But within a few years Browne 's fortunes were restored : he acquired monopolies of the manufacture and sales of both iron and bronze ordnance , as well as iron pots , kettles , chimney backs , and iron weights ‘ in the French manner ’ . |
| 24 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
| 25 | ‘ Please , Dana , do as I ask ; it 's important , ’ Claudia pleaded , and something in her manner must have got across , for after a few seconds Dana allowed herself to be led towards the café . |