Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A small army of workers will be moving into C&A to start shop fitting in a few weeks ' time .
2 Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’
3 Well there 's a thing going round a few years ago were n't there with these models , just pay for them to go out there
4 He then occupied a country living for a few years before returning to Winchester as chaplain to the Bishop , George Morley , who was a close friend of Izaak Walton .
5 This jerk kept the pram moving over the few inches between the foot of the gentle slope and the beginning of the steep grassy bank that ended up at the road .
6 And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment .
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