Example sentences of "[adv] to a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dogs can take you directly to a few kilos of heroin welded into the chassis , but they 're not too good at sniffing out a Renoir . |
| 2 | Karl , 62 , was sentenced in Bangkok five years ago to a HUNDRED years for murdering his Thai bride-to-be , but was released under an amnesty marking Queen Sirikit 's 60th birthday . |
| 3 | And once they 've been picked , cut the foliage back hard to a few centimetres from the crowns to stimulate new growth . |
| 4 | Irish rugby is notorious for peaks and troughs , so look forward to a few peaks from now onwards . |
| 5 | For this purpose I choose the country depicted on Sheet 145 of the Ordnance Survey ( sixth edition ) , which runs from the edge of Oxford northwards to a few miles beyond Banbury , and from Chipping Norton on the west to beyond Brackley in Northamptonshire on the east . |