Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | could you put me in touch ? ’ 'Sorry he 'll be back from America in a few days ' bingo . |
| 32 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |
| 33 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |
| 34 | He also agrees to my request to take Fairfax on board as historical adviser and fixes a meeting in London in a few weeks to review progress . |
| 35 | An Ajdabiya shaikh needed in Hawari could fly there from Benghazi in a few hours . |
| 36 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 37 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 38 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 39 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
| 40 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 41 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 42 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 43 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 44 | We 're going to Kinsai in a few days . |
| 45 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 46 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 47 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 48 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
| 49 | Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . |
| 50 | He is expected to leave hospital to return to Jordan in a few days , and wo n't need any further treatment , the royal doctor added . |
| 51 | Meg laughed , ‘ Bless you , no , chick , we 'll be off to Somerset in a few days . |
| 52 | The Starsearch returns to Derry in a few weeks , and those who missed out on this occasion are strongly urged to re-enter . |
| 53 | Paddy Mayne 's veteran A Squadron returned from the Great Sand Sea to Kufra for a few days in mid-November , having successfully raided airfields around Gazala , familiar territory from the past . |
| 54 | Helen leaves for Chile at the end of September 1994 to help local projects in the country including an orphanage and other community projects and will not return to Britain until a few days before Christmas . |
| 55 | She 'd get to California in a few days . |
| 56 | We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children . |
| 57 | The meeting had been convened at the initiative of Yugoslavia as current chairman of the NAM , and the Yugoslav Foreign Minister Budimir Loncar said at a press conference afterwards that " the foreign ministers could not agree on a joint statement , but opted instead for a plan of action to prevent the war 's escalation … starting with the rapid deployment of a mission of three to four ministers to Baghdad within a few days " . |
| 58 | Extraordinary though such a testimonial may now appear , it was invaluable to Joyce in the few years before the war . |
| 59 | He was probably always nipping down to Underwoods for a few grams of thallium . |
| 60 | After had been at U.C.L. for a few months , the C.R.C . |