Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] from [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Conning a few pounds from Mr Yarrow and walking the streets held little appeal . |
| 3 | They pinch most of what they say from the student press in America and throw in a few tags from Colonel Ojukwu . |
| 4 | At the time , he was sharing a house with two friends , writer-to-be Don Devlin and producer-in-waiting Harry Gittes on Fountain Avenue , a few streets from Sunset Boulevard . |
| 5 | At the same time they might even pick up a few tips from Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram instead of trying to put them down . |
| 6 | Recently my own son was attacked a few yards from Princes Street . |
| 7 | There were a few flashes from Joey Beauchamp , but no goals from anyone . |
| 8 | John Nicholson records the following tale of a site only a few miles from Willy Howe : |
| 9 | This is the countryside that villagers in three hamlets just a few miles from Milton Keynes fear will be eaten up by concrete . |
| 10 | Red-faced and embarrassed , Mr Aird cleared his throat and launched into a few bars from Jean Sibelius Finlandia . |