Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] a few [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the sites under consideration may be of the same date and status , but they may be occupied for part of the year , or for a few years only . |
| 2 | The remaining cousins signed their copies of the memorandum , either on the day of the funeral or within a few days afterwards . |
| 3 | A second dominant trend in the twentieth century is the gradual extension of democracy , but as I showed in Chapter 1 this was a slow and halting process in the interwar years , with democracy being suppressed in several European countries , by fascist regimes , the Stalinist dictatorship and the dictatorships in Portugal and Spain , while in the colonial territories it either did not exist at all , or in a few cases only in rudimentary forms . |
| 4 | I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more . |
| 5 | So she agreed to that bargain , and for a few days more kept the secret to herself , still hopeful that she might be mistaken , and yet at the same time aware of a feeling of inner triumph at the knowledge that she had her very own baby growing inside her womb . |
| 6 | It was sad to think that they had waited so long in England for this invasion of their homeland and after a few hours ashore so many of them had been killed or wounded , the dead now lying in a temporary grave in the corner of a Normandy orchard . |
| 7 | Her cancer , which had not even been mentioned during the hypnosis session , rapidly regressed and after a few weeks even all radiological evidence of it had disappeared . |
| 8 | I pulled the wing above my head , steadied it , turned and faced downhill and with a few steps forward , and a gentle push from David , I was airborne . |
| 9 | Allen cast around and within a few yards further came upon a man-made path , narrow and winding , but in frequent use . |
| 10 | Those industrial societies which were ( and in a few cases still are ) collectivist and centrally planned , have had to cope with different problems , although they too were affected by economic recession , and faced some of the same difficulties in maintaining economic growth . |
| 11 | Tension in the neck and shoulders can be eased by circling the shoulders up and around a few times backwards and forwards and by circling your head slowly down to your chest and then up so that your neck is stretched with your chin in the air . |
| 12 | But for a few hours today there was hope . |
| 13 | ‘ But until a few years ago you were chairman , Mr Glastonbury . ’ |