Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a few [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only after a few days ' exposure to New York sunlight did they readjust to local time . |
| 2 | The time demanded in maintaining roses is not great , it does not mean a number of hours or days a week , but it does mean a regular tour around , if only of a few minutes ' duration , perhaps in the evenings , with secateurs in hand to snip or prune away faded flowers , and a puff or spray here and there as and when you find aphids or other pests . |
| 3 | So in a few years ' time mobile phones will be brought to the masses . |
| 4 | However we agreed to visit Cedars together in a few days ' time . |
| 5 | Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn . |
| 6 | You 've said ‘ Fire ! ’ and seen the price of a dozen cameras blow away in a few seconds ' worth of flash and bang , with nothing left at the end to stick in the family album . |
| 7 | Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock . |
| 8 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 9 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
| 10 | Our plan was to meet there in a few days ' time , once our researches in New York were concluded . |
| 11 | Try leaving his nappy off again in a few months ' time . |
| 12 | Apart from a few critics ' reservations about the strength of the show 's songs , the reviews saluted Crawford as the West End 's newest star . |
| 13 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
| 14 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 15 | I do n't want you to throw them away today , er , because you might actually in a few days ' time think of some use for them . |