Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 2 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
| 3 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 4 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 5 | He believed that the teachings of Christ gather together the wisdom of the ages into one source , and present it for the ‘ uneducated ’ along with a few miracles in order to win their attention and support ( much as the outlaw in the Western uses his gun in order to win an audience in a crowded saloon bar ) . |
| 6 | Poured on to the plane , alone , Burton was humped for thirteen hours across the Atlantic , assuaged by alcohol ; stopped over for a few drinks in New York and then taken on an eleven-hour trip to Los Angeles which was made tolerable by more alcohol . |
| 7 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 8 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 9 | ATP could always come up with a few money-spinners in its annual output , but the lavish location and studio work on Whom the Gods Love , Dean 's film on the life of Mozart , irritated board chairman Sir Stephen Courtauld , who began to argue that Dean was doing too much stage work , and had alienated George Formby . |
| 10 | Up to a dozen candidates in the concurrent municipal elections [ see below ] were reportedly assassinated . |
| 11 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |