Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put a piece of raw meat into a stream and within a few hours it will be covered with small , flat , black worms feeding on it . |
| 2 | This was the rime when everyone had a siesta and for a few hours the village was virtually dead . |
| 3 | He had given her a sob-story and for a few hours — a few fatal hours — she had mistaken compassion for love . |
| 4 | The LP is produced by Jessica Corcoran in tandem with the band and coincides with the tail end of their current tour , a sell-out but for a few tickets for their London show at The Kilburn National on April 4 . |
| 5 | They turned left down a road and after a few paces Tom opened another gate into the field next to the graveyard . |
| 6 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 7 | But he refused to take no for an answer and after a few unseemly tussles Sally decided it was easier to give in and let him explore inside the leg of her panties . |