Example sentences of "to [noun] [prep] a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has an 18-year-old son , who plans to go to university in a few months ' time and the thought of life on her own fills her with anxiety . |
| 2 | Specimen examination papers for the new syllabuses have been written , and packs will be sent to employers in a few weeks time . |
| 3 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 4 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 5 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
| 6 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 7 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
| 8 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 9 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 10 | Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks . |
| 11 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 12 | We 're going to Kinsai in a few days . |
| 13 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 14 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 15 | Regular filter changes are essential because efficiency can drop from 80% to 20% after a few weeks , if you forget to clean your unit . |
| 16 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 17 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
| 18 | Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . |
| 19 | Even these returned to work within a few days . |
| 20 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 21 | As the structure is not a single crystal , the sizes found vary from somewhat greater than a crystallite to diameters of a few millimetres . |
| 22 | He is expected to leave hospital to return to Jordan in a few days , and wo n't need any further treatment , the royal doctor added . |
| 23 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 24 | Meg laughed , ‘ Bless you , no , chick , we 'll be off to Somerset in a few days . |
| 25 | Well it 's just brought out a budget to paper over a few cracks and make it look good because they knew that , they 've got no more chances this is it in n it ? |
| 26 | ‘ I told him you would not be returning to Milano for a few days . ’ |
| 27 | Get talking to people over a few drinks ; you 're better than me at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 28 | The Starsearch returns to Derry in a few weeks , and those who missed out on this occasion are strongly urged to re-enter . |
| 29 | Paddy Mayne 's veteran A Squadron returned from the Great Sand Sea to Kufra for a few days in mid-November , having successfully raided airfields around Gazala , familiar territory from the past . |
| 30 | I 've got James ringing around all the private houses on the island to rope in a few cooks who are n't working tonight . |