Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a critical few weeks of talks with the Minister-Presidents a compromise was reached by which a German government would be created , but without giving the impression that this meant a permanent division . |
| 2 | So here I am , nursing a bruised bum , dented ego and the loss of a fair few possessions including dear old Wat Son ! |
| 3 | Padding behind them were the demolition squads , Corran Purdon 's men held for a tense few moments in the open when every second might draw more fire as they smashed the northern winding-hut door ( 'A' ) . |
| 4 | Untold billions have been poured into research and building working reactors in return for a relative few penn'orths of electricity . |
| 5 | When the Liberation came , the French dealt with the open collaborators in a brutal few weeks of epuration — a purge in which some innocents suffered . |