Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a few moments of Dr McNab 's saline injections Dr Dunstaple had begun to revive . |
| 2 | ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time . |
| 3 | Many of the upland landscapes today are like patch-work quilts of forest and open moorland , with a few areas of upland bogs preserved for their rare , wild , moorland plants . |
| 4 | I have a few copies of quality magazines ; the girls are just gorgeous . |
| 5 | They wanted a few rupees as protection money — a common arrangement . |
| 6 | Although this was brought about by the Gulf War and the subsequent world recession , it is certainly now exacerbated by an unrestrained and reckless war of attrition in which dollars are hauled over the top of the grain of a few inches of market share . |
| 7 | They require fairly rich soil , and , after planting , all the branches will be cut back to within a few inches of ground level to encourage them to produce more branches for berry production next year . |
| 8 | The old Minpin climbed out of his window and walked straight down the big steeply sloping branch , then up another branch until he found a place only a few inches from Little Billy 's face . |
| 9 | Seen from a hill , the dunes stretched as far as the deep blue of the horizon , above which were a few streaks of cirrus cloud . |
| 10 | Conning a few pounds from Mr Yarrow and walking the streets held little appeal . |
| 11 | The Exchange discourages the use of equity shares with no or restricted voting rights , so this can not normally be used as a device to retain control amongst a few shareholders with voting rights . |
| 12 | This will probably involve a social worker in an area team putting together a package that might consist of a few hours of home care , a couple of days of day care , and night sitting for one night . |
| 13 | Few have gone through aerobatic training , and the modern tendency is to be happy with a few hours of stall avoidance training and little , if any , spinning . |
| 14 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 15 | Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later . |
| 16 | The earlier row was over a decision by magistrates in Aylesbury to let two offendors wipe out a thousand pounds in fines by spending a few hours in police cells . |
| 17 | When your sort of body 's running down anyway , you know it 's it 's a few hours after dinner time , it 's not quite time to go home from work . |
| 18 | It has previously been shown that infiltration of lymphocytes in the submucosa occurs within only a few hours after gliadin challenge . |
| 19 | I slept well after a few pints of Sussex Devil at the local , and woke up to find my caddie famous . ’ |
| 20 | Digital Equipment Corp is only a few strides behind IBM Corp in the concept of clustering workstations to create highly parallel configurations . |
| 21 | ‘ Soon I thought I might as well try to get into a band and so I answered a few ads in Melody Maker and joined a few bands . |
| 22 | Here , in a role that might have better suited Peter Sellers , or , more authentically , Alberto Sordi , he goes through a few variations on Ben Braddock and Jason Fister , the agent in his first Italian misadventure . |
| 23 | If you 're fighting Dwarfs , who you know will stand around a lot waiting for you to come and get them , then a few rounds of bolt fire from two or three machines can soften them up nicely . |
| 24 | A few rounds of model building using FRODO , followed by cycles of least-squares refinement reduced the R -factor to 33% . |
| 25 | They pinch most of what they say from the student press in America and throw in a few tags from Colonel Ojukwu . |
| 26 | That , that was the start , the start of it , I think how it actually commenced so they used to get in each other 's houses and play a few games of cards dominoes and draughts things like that , and they , they took over they must have actually bought the houses before they built the club . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think a few crocuses in Hyde Park are going to make much difference , ’ Estabrook said . |
| 28 | Seems there are quite a few singers in New York already . ’ |
| 29 | Thought you might be able to help with a few snippets of case law . ’ |
| 30 | A couple of years ago FAST would get only a few complaints about car boot sales a year . |