Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [adv] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From forty thousand pounds worth of designer garden to patio displays for just a few pounds — there 's something for everyone . |
| 2 | It has previously been shown that infiltration of lymphocytes in the submucosa occurs within only a few hours after gliadin challenge . |
| 3 | In some parts of the country the extra charge amounts to just a few pounds but the average figure in County Durham and Cleveland is £20 . |
| 4 | Upper Framilode is by far the larger and was originally the location of the Purnells ' extensive iron and tinplate works , of which few traces remain , while Lower Framilode consists of just a few cottages , the mill and the Darell Arms . |
| 5 | A plasmid is even smaller than a virus , and it normally consists of only a few genes . |
| 6 | ‘ Seems like just a few minutes ago ’ |
| 7 | The embrace lasts for only a few seconds as the eggs are expelled immediately and fertilised by the male . |
| 8 | The report runs to only a few lines and Treby C.J. of the Common Pleas is reported as holding that ‘ when money is paid in pursuance of a void authority , etc. indebitatus assumpsit lies for it . ’ |