Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a few [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Never , in my life , ’ he murmured distractedly , leaving her mouth for a few seconds to hungrily kiss her cheekbone , her temple , to lightly nip the lobe of her ear , ‘ have I met a woman so obstinate , so pigheaded … ’ |
2 | In this context the loss of a few passengers to the Channel Tunnel is a relatively minor issue . |
3 | Clearly there are other choices for the parameters , but for all realistic values the critical concentrations will be small , and the length scale of the individual layers will be a small fraction of the chamber depth in the range of a few centimetres to several metres . |
4 | The duration of obstructive symptoms varied widely with a range from a few weeks to several years . |
5 | Stonegate Teddy Bears stocks hundreds of different models , ranging in price from a few pounds to around £300 . |
6 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
7 | Entrants then work in a variety of units and can expect promotion within a few years to lance-corporal and corporal . |
8 | The sea lagoon turned out to vary in depth from a few inches to a couple of feet . |
9 | Azerbaijan has about a third of the world population of mud volcanoes , which range in size from a few metres to several kilometres across the base . |
10 | It can accommodate simulations of drainage-basins ranging in size from a few hectares to 40 000 square kilometres . |
11 | The result is that short field performance has been addressed , the propeller pitch has been made finer , reducing the take-off roll to some 804 feet ( hard surface ) , and cutting the cruise performance by a few knots to around 100 . |
12 | It varies in height from a few inches to two feet depending on the habitat . |
13 | If they made the bead taste bitter , by dipping it in alcohol , or quinine , or the pungent methylanthranilate , then the chick would peck once , show disgust by shaking its head vigorously and wiping its beak on the floor of its pen , and then back away , refusing to peck at a similar but dry bead offered any time from a few seconds to a few days subsequently . |