Example sentences of "but [prep] a few [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |
| 2 | But after a few years of this , you ca n't really see any attraction in it , except the security , of course . |
| 3 | But after a few days of insipid campaigning there was grumbling back at base about the way the campaign was going . |
| 4 | But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ . |
| 5 | But within a few weeks of William 's appointment she had applied to three different London boroughs for a job — any job — in social work , taken the first one she 'd been offered , fixed up the flat , put the cottage on the market , found a school for Edwin , and fled from the last five years of her life with almost indecent haste . |
| 6 | But within a few years of the end of the war , responsibility for trunk roads , gas , electricity , national assistance and hospital services had been transferred from local to central government control . |