Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 2 | In any case it succumbed within a few years to the stresses of the Seven Years War , and was not revived until 1775 . |
| 3 | And there it teetered for a few seconds before finally toppling over and falling with a sharp tinkle on to the desk-top . |
| 4 | It hovered for a few moments , then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two . |
| 5 | It ended with a few paragraphs I 'll quote : |