Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun pl] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June 1176 Richard laid siege to Limoges ; after a few days resistance Aimar 's citadel capitulated . |
| 2 | The men followed them and within a few moments lord Hulton and I were standing there just as before watching the tiny figures on the skyline , listening to the distant " Haow , haow ! " |
| 3 | observed in the Anton Piller case that orders should ‘ rarely ’ be made , within a few years Goulding J. remarked that ‘ such is the proven efficiency of that type of order and such is the extent of dishonest trading in this country at the present time , that it is a matter of weekly occurrence and sometimes of daily occurrence for the Chancery Division ’ to make such orders , which are also regularly made in the Queen 's Bench Division . |
| 4 | Within a few years Dunkirk Mills was under the control , although not in the complete ownership of Peter Playne , of a long-established clothier family of Flemish descent . |
| 5 | Within a few months George Dundas was himself commander of the Lutine , and on 2nd November transferred in this rank to the sloop Calpe , again newly commissioned , and with this record of command his career was firmly established and his subsequent rise rapid , for in this case Keith had made no mistake in patronising a friend . |
| 6 | In a few months Michael Portillo is likely to announce initial plans to distinguish ‘ essential costs ’ and ‘ avoidable spending ’ in four departments — Health , Education , the Home Office , and Social Security — which account for £110 billion of public spending . |