Example sentences of "[prep] it [prep] the [num ord] few " in BNC.

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1 All junior pupils will be involved in the planting and each of the five school houses will be responsible for a section , taking care of it for the next few years .
2 ( But the new tube was less sure of itself , and revised versions of it during the next few months whiplashed over the map of south London like a demented snake . )
3 So , you know we 've got a week now to maybe watch the T V tonight , watch the goals again tomorrow , enjoy what we 've just done , but erm some hard work ahead of it in the next few weeks .
4 Forgive the typed letter — bit impersonal , but I am trying to get to speedy grips with the little apple laptop powerbook 100 which I got when George was home — heaven alone knows how I would have done without it in the last few weeks .
5 With any luck , it should not need much doing to it over the next few years .
6 Keep it in the quarantine tank , cease medication and keep an eye on it for the next few months .
7 Seb 's apparent resignation to the fact that Anna was to marry Nahum did nothing to ease the pain he felt whenever he thought about it during the next few days .
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