Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Courses can last from a few weeks to several months depending on what you want to achieve . |
| 32 | Its tail will shrink within a few hours of departure . |
| 33 | In a similar line of argument , Reynolds 's Newspaper ( 14 August 1898 ) viewed the Hooligan panic as an indictment of the hypocrisy of a civilisation that took ‘ so painful an interest about moral handkerchiefs and hymn books for the barbarians of the wild Soudan ’ while turning a blind eye towards ‘ the far wilder barbarians they may find within a few paces from their own street-doors ’ . |