Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adv] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But he meant this to come for only a few days , not for an indefinite stay . |
2 | For some other companies it is uneconomic to open for just a few days between bank holidays . |
3 | In the first months , when hostilities were expected to last for only a few months , party activity was hardly affected at all . |
4 | She seems to bump into quite a few people that she knows , exchanges greetings , bits of news , and invites one or two to visit . |
5 | It 'll never rank with the French Riviera , but this council video aims to persuade at least a few people that Swindon 's the place to be next summer . |
6 | Are these words to use about an ally you stood shoulder to shoulder with only a few years back ? ’ |
7 | I think I obscurely felt relief that I would continue to live alone , to have at least a few hours of the day and night when I could try to regain one of my mixed-up selves . |
8 | The Church praises the courage of a small number of press , radio and TV journalists who are risking their lives to maintain at least a few channels of information which are not controlled by the government . |
9 | In their last fixture before Henley at Marlow Regatta , St Edwards took on another Oxfordshire school Radley College , and were shocked to loose by just a few feet . |
10 | Officers expect to strike for only a few hours , and Association leaders will meet later this week to finalise the details . |