Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway . |
| 2 | Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons . |
| 3 | Kansas City have been the nearly-men of the American Football Conference for a few seasons . |
| 4 | I certainly wo n't be going in the practice room for a few days . ’ |
| 5 | Failing that , should we put the grand EC official who is in charge of such policies — Mr. Legras — in a veal crate for a few weeks and see whether he changes his mind after that ? |
| 6 | Just listen to a copper sit there and talk rubbish for a few minutes . |
| 7 | Lij Yasu was arrested four days later near the Sandfords ' farm ; he had been wandering in the Muger valley with a few retainers , hungry and terrified . |
| 8 | As with the merger in 1977 between the then Institute of Bankers and the Savings Banks Institute , the latest partnership will in a few years ' time look entirely natural . |
| 9 | and if you can see our practice nurse in a few weeks |
| 10 | Cook the roux paste for a few seconds , then gradually add the milk . |
| 11 | Others , who of course never used a bank , would pawn a five pound note for a few shillings , with instructions ‘ do n't break the note ’ so they could redeem it still in one piece . |
| 12 | He expects to sign a facilities management contract within a few weeks that is ‘ bigger ’ than the $53m seven-year contract it signed with Mory-TNTE in December . |
| 13 | The 80R is essentially a twin channel , 80 watt amplifier with a few departures from the norm that are all its own . |
| 14 | A quick spin of his ‘ Sweet Freedom — The Best Of ’ compilation album of a few years back is proof enough that he has had many hits in his home patch without making similar in-roads here . |
| 15 | After penetration of the intestinal mucosa L3 travel via the portal system , and reach the liver parenchyma within a few days . |
| 16 | Yes , we 've got Maidenhead to come down here , a home game in a few weeks time , so obviously that will be quite an interesting game . |
| 17 | When a tape is put in the VCR , it automatically switches to record a test signal for a few seconds , then rewinds , replays and tweaks the recording parameters to optimize picture quality . |
| 18 | ( Day Use Only ) Have you thought about hiring a Promenade Chalet for a few days . |
| 19 | The boys could see that in reception classes , as in the all-in village school of a few generations ago , only one teacher taught all subjects to children between twelve and sixteen . |
| 20 | Members of the GWR Preservation Society will learn with particular interest that w.e.f. 21st October the world-famous Torbsy Express will be making a nostalgic return visit to a few stretches of its old track , and will first be housed for three weeks in Railway Shed 4 at Plymouth . |
| 21 | In this way , one of the best Home Secretaries of the post-war era was abruptly removed from the Home Office at a few hours notice , leaving behind a collection of unfinished artefacts to be completed by other hands . |
| 22 | George 's contrib to the upcoming ‘ Red Hot And Dance ’ album is a plonking , KC And The Sunshine Band pastiche with a few hooks but nothing else . |
| 23 | If I feel that a particular patient is suffering from extreme tension and finds it difficult to relax , then I may suggest that , during the two weeks following the regression session , he simply practises a basic relaxation exercise for a few minutes a day . |
| 24 | They used the mill for silk manufacture for a few years but by 1860 ownership had passed to Samuel Long , who was also running Charfield Mills . |
| 25 | We like to concentrate on the pop stuff in a few tracks and indulge in the more experimental stuff with the rest . ’ |
| 26 | I smile back and we hold eye contact for a few seconds . |
| 27 | It is probably significant that our own body size of a few feet is roughly in the middle of the range of sizes we can imagine . |
| 28 | Oh , and I 'd stay out of the swimming pool for a few days if I were you , unless you can keep your head above water . |
| 29 | To ripen melons , keep them at room temperature for a few days , when ripe store in the fridge and eat as soon as possible . |
| 30 | Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a love torn nymph , and at the end of a luminous day , when the sun turns everything to delicate hues , even the sceptical are ready to admit they have seen the Trasimeno nymph — adding to the water level with a few tears more . |