Example sentences of "just a few [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were just a few strands of grey in his hair , faint lines around his eyes and the sensuous mouth . |
| 2 | So why not spare just a few hours for Amnesty International ? |
| 3 | You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again . |
| 4 | The figures are published on a day when arsonists destroyed part of a shopping centre just a few hours after thieves stealing television sets had also tried to start a fire . |
| 5 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 6 | So what I , what I 'll do , I 'm gon na transfer your your erm your there and then that 's gon na save just a few couple of bobs alright ? |
| 7 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 8 | Shiona 's plane touched down at Glasgow airport just a few minutes before midday the following day . |
| 9 | Now in January 1979 , as he fled Teheran for the second time in his life , the Shah had intended to fly on to America after just a few day in Egypt . |
| 10 | According to Earth Report ( 1988 ) , some 100 million t of nutrient-rich silt were deposited annually in the pre-Aswan period but is now reduced to just a few tomes per year , necessitating extensive fertiliser use at considerable cost and , presumably , inviting long-term eutrophication problems that characterise many developing countries ( section 6.3.1 ) . |
| 11 | With just a few bits of metal and lots of imagination , Meccano addicts can build anything from a replica of Blackpool Tower to a Lancaster bomber . |
| 12 | Just a few bits of timber really . " |
| 13 | Then at each level , credit is passed back after just a few attempts at search . |
| 14 | The couple , who met only seven months ago , first wed in a hush-hush civil ceremony in Los Angeles in April with just a few friends as witnesses . |
| 15 | At a base in Hereford , which trains bomb disposal men in the army 's toughest course , bomb teams demonstrated modern explosives … incendiary devices , letter bombs which contain just a few ounces of Semtex , and car bombs , at one pound , just half the size of those favoured by the IRA . |
| 16 | Almost all the countries of Europe except Spain and Ireland started their fertility decline just a few decades after Britain , before the First World War ( Coale and Watkins 1986 ) , even though some ( e.g. Scandinavia ) remained dependent on agriculture , fishing , forestry , and other primary production . |
| 17 | How come we can send a spacecraft to Venus or write the Bible on a microchip yet remain incapable of operating a sophisticated transportation network when the temperature drops just a few degrees below zero ? |
| 18 | I would describe our time in Siret as being able to see just a few rays of light in a very dark week . |
| 19 | We had to make a forced landing at Jever Luftwaffe Air Base just a few seconds in front of two Tornados on finals , making the runway a little slippy with the last few drops of oil leaking out of our crankcase . |
| 20 | The pictures show just a few shapes of wagon . |
| 21 | They were just a few suggestions on display at a Christmas food festival , and traders are proud to say that they 're all produced locally . |
| 22 | Before that , she realised , during the three years she 'd known him , he had never moved her to any great depths of emotion — not the same soaring heights and plummeting depths she 'd known in just a few days with Fen . |
| 23 | For some other companies it is uneconomic to open for just a few days between bank holidays . |
| 24 | He left just a few days before Christmas in 1984 . |
| 25 | But money and the recession were forgotten as I skied in the brilliant sunshine of Obergurgl just a few days before Christmas . |
| 26 | David started as a Tuner just a few days before Christmas in 1949 . |
| 27 | The case is being heard just a few days before counter action aimed at holding up attempts to sell the house if they are forced to leave . |
| 28 | Situated close to Harrods and just a few doors along Beauchamp Place from Kanga , the dress shop owned by Prince Charles 's confidante Lady Tryon , San Lorenzo has been at the centre of much that has happened around Diana this year . |
| 29 | Friendly family run guest house just a few doors from sea/Palace Pier and in excellent position for all attractions . |
| 30 | ‘ The Fish Co-operative is here , just a few steps from Riddle 's yard . |