Example sentences of "[vb -s] a few [noun pl] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knife lies a few feet away in a puddle . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's just that my mother lives a few miles away from there , in Blindenhall . ’ |
| 3 | On tour : security agents and officials shadow Secretary of State Warren Christopher as he takes a few moments off from his talks in Cairo yesterday to pay a visit to the Sphinx |
| 4 | It appears a few lines away from the plagiarised title of the book . |
| 5 | Fox appears a few years later at Churches Mill . |
| 6 | KEITH Hampson , the Tory MP from socialist Shildon , remains a few miles closer to his browtin 's up . |
| 7 | When the prime minister arrives at the Palace for the weekly audience , the private secretary acts as host and spends a few minutes beforehand in conversation . |
| 8 | It seems probable that supplies of wire also came from the long demolished Cambridge wire works a few miles away on the River Cam , close to the old road to Dursley . |
| 9 | Off he goes and returns a few minutes later with friend and a dirty great Roller , all pristine chrome and gleaming fenders . |