Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a [det] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | We do n't want to have every last stop pulled out on our behalves in a last , heroic effort to extend our lives for a few more days or weeks or months . |
2 | They had little hope of bringing up fresh provisions in these conditions , and if they lengthened their lines by a few more miles they would have no hope at all . |
3 | We freeze and drown worms for a few more minutes . |
4 | ‘ I suppose we got a few more names on a few more files learnt a bit about Moscow 's accountancy procedures . |
5 | They had first closed the door itself , but within seconds it was bristling like a porcupine with glittering bayonets within a few more seconds it had been hacked and splintered to pieces by these bayonets , and now it no longer existed . |