Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a few [noun pl] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would rather continue earning this money for a few years with the hope of becoming financially independent , thus broadening their options and opportunities . |
| 2 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 3 | The custodianship of the path had become the prerogative of a few specialists with a fund of empirical knowledge which they gravely applied to securing the smooth passage of the Wheel . |
| 4 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 5 | In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much . |
| 6 | As we did not perform endoscopy in this control group , we can not rule out the inclusion of a few patients with gastritis . |
| 7 | Even If you are not religious , it is a welcome chance for social contact and the exchange of a few pleasantries with him . |
| 8 | I 'll expect you at the Presbytery in a few days with your donation . ’ |
| 9 | My mother went on an outing for a few days with the Blind Club . |
| 10 | But this means that the soil for seed-sowing can be done simply by covering a patch for a few days with a sheet of polythene anchored by bricks or stones — in the absence , of course , of cloches . |
| 11 | I showered and then decided to lie in a hot bath for a few minutes with a cup of tea at my elbow and the latest Kingsley Amis in front of my face . |
| 12 | The Exchange discourages the use of equity shares with no or restricted voting rights , so this can not normally be used as a device to retain control amongst a few shareholders with voting rights . |
| 13 | She was referred back to the medical clinic after a few months with the same clinical findings . |
| 14 | But the British Fascisti were in earnest , though doomed to extinction in a few years with the creation of Oswald Mosley 's New Party . |
| 15 | His raw material consists of Stephen Fry playing Stephen Fry thinly disguised as a throw-back aristo who decides to share his recently inherited stately pile for a few days with his old friends from revue days . |
| 16 | I can knock fifty thousand miles off the clock in a few minutes with my high-speed electric drill . |
| 17 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 18 | We flew back to Mahe and straight on to Praslin for a stay of a few days with the intention of taking day-trips to the smaller islands of Cousin and La Digue . |
| 19 | By contrast these areas are rolling plains bearing many craters smaller than about 10 km diameter plus a few craters with diameters in the range 10 to 20 km . |