Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 2 | Last year , Britain hosted within a few weeks of each other the Moscow City Ballet , Moscow Classical Ballet , Moscow Ballet La Classique and the Russian State Ballet . |
| 3 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 4 | In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ? |
| 5 | As she came within a few yards of it , however , a shudder passed down its spine , and it rolled over , showing its face to the sleet . |
| 6 | For an instant its bright light glistened on a thousand shades of wet green leaves . |
| 7 | They 'd never amount to a fortune — not at a penny a hundred points — but at least they paid for a few packets of cigarettes . |
| 8 | There was another knock on the door ; a signal that the T'ang acknowledged with a few words of Mandarin . |
| 9 | The man threatened a cashier with a handgun in the raids which happened within a few hours of each other . |
| 10 | All these developments certainly happened within a few months of each other . |
| 11 | It was n't until she got within a few yards of him that he realized it was Maisie . |
| 12 | She passed within a few feet of an arrow slit from which a light showed , but she was too far away to see into the room where the verderers were . |
| 13 | Mr Barker said he had n't insisted that the customer should produce a banker 's card because she lived within a few doors of the shop . |
| 14 | In public discussion , however , the idea that genes account for most variation among IQs seems not only controversial but also associated with a few men of allegedly questionable character . |
| 15 | He retained the Treasurership , but died within a few weeks of his retirement thereby bringing to a sudden end a lifetime 's service to deaf people . |
| 16 | When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August , and Miss Ellen another heart attack , both old ladies died within a few days of each other . |
| 17 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |
| 18 | How the serious issues emerged within a few years of the miracle of Heliodorus is the question . |
| 19 | Not bad for the first day , she thought with a sense of satisfaction as she washed her hands and tucked in a few strands of escaping hair . |
| 20 | The drive snaked across the flank of the hill to a levelled clearing which had once been the site of a mine ; a giant stack still stood within a hundred yards of their door . |