Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
| 2 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 3 | The organic layer was washed with H 2 O , dried over anhydrous Na 2 SO 4 , mixed with a few drops of concentratd NH 4 OH , and evaporated in vacuo . |
| 4 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
| 5 | Visit the area several times and you will find yourself being attracted to a few sites in particular : these are the places where you can meet the earth spirit . |
| 6 | Now and again , of course , you have to deal with the awkward moments , like someone reading aloud from a Sunday paper the ‘ sordid story of perverted vice ’ which has obviously been concocted over a few jars by a hack hounded by deadline . |
| 7 | At last someone has had the nerve to bring the area in line with the rest of British climbing : no longer will it be a quiet backwater resigned to a few lines in the climbing press about some brilliant new VDiff on a puny little crag in the back of beyond . |
| 8 | We 've been told to take off times , but if there 's one certainty , they 'll be rescheduled by a few hours before the season starts . |
| 9 | I 'll bet that 's made for a few tensions in Schreider Sterne Inc. ! ’ |
| 10 | Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite . |
| 11 | Positioned within a few inches of the speaker 's lips , they produce a strong speech signal which stands out clearly against noisy backgrounds . |
| 12 | The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings . |
| 13 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 14 | This case report describes the histological and macroscopic changes seen within a few months in the gastric mucosa of a 28 year old woman patient with upper abdominal symptoms . |
| 15 | The timber lid is in two parts and could be easily made from a few lengths of timber stained or painted to match the surroundings . |
| 16 | The last two — works of completely contrasting character — were written within a few weeks of each other . |
| 17 | Although aware he was an android , she had thought for a few seconds before removing her clothes . |
| 18 | Most of the houses in the village were quite large , with shutters which were only opened for a few hours in the mornings ; if there was a breeze long lace curtains could be seen gently moving . |
| 19 | In the past , the young store cattle were sold after a few months to farmers on the UK mainland but recently the EEC has guaranteed high prices for beef and so many farmers have fattened their calves on their own farms . |
| 20 | His two infant sons had died within a few days of one another in April 1541 . |
| 21 | Father and son had died within a few days of each other … |
| 22 | ( More often than not they are women , since many elderly male refugees from East African have died within a few years of coming to Britain . ) |
| 23 | My paternal grandparents had died within a few months of each other whilst she was training , and as Grandfather had tied up all his savings in annuity for my grandmother , none of his children had inherited anything from him . |
| 24 | More is accomplished in a few weeks through revival than is accomplished in years of ordinary labours . |
| 25 | Adverse winds carried them not to Kintail , from which they could have got within a few miles of Inverness by water , but to the shores of Loch Alsh , a sea-water inlet separating the Isle of Skye from the south-west tip of Ross and Cromarty . |
| 26 | The winds at lower altitudes have been measured at a few locations by landers as they descended through the atmosphere . |
| 27 | Packed with meat ( 92% min ) , they are gutsy and flavourful and can be bought at a few outlets in London and Oxfordshire , or direct ( no mail order ) from Bangers Galore , |
| 28 | The driver reversed and the whole thing came away , dragged for a few feet by the car . |
| 29 | He 'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band . |
| 30 | A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month . |