Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He played only a few times for Clarke 's side before leaving to join the United All-England XI upon its formation in 1852 . |
| 2 | She was not afraid of the dark , because when she was very little Maggie had had the last few scales of Fenna 's tail to suck on while she fell asleep . |
| 3 | Sickness rose , vying with the pain , as she found herself piecing together the last few hours of Mark 's life . |
| 4 | A few hours in Richard 's company was just the antidote she needed to Luke 's volatility . |
| 5 | On the evening of 13 May , only a few hours after Macmillan 's departure a visitor arrived at 5 Corps headquarters at Klagenfurt . |
| 6 | ROS : ( Worriedly — he walks a few paces towards HAMLET 's exit . ) |
| 7 | ‘ The Fish Co-operative is here , just a few steps from Riddle 's yard . |
| 8 | Afterwards he had a few words with Hob 's wife , the children cowering around her . |
| 9 | And at the cemetery the vicar , a man who looked as if he needed far more consolation than he would ever be capable of dispensing , had agreed to say a few words before Henry 's address . |
| 10 | A few words from Leeson 's letter drifted into his mind — a girl 's clothes left at the studio — what girl ? |
| 11 | They met several times more up to 1985 , but seem to have remained in touch until the last few months of Ceauşescu 's rule . |
| 12 | Within a few months of Labour 's election victory , Herbert Morrison , who had overall charge of labour 's nationalisation programme , confirmed the Government 's intention of nationalising electricity and other fuel industries . |
| 13 | A few months before Margaret 's marriage to Philip of Burgundy Charles V had also gained an important victory in the Iberian peninsula . |
| 14 | He closed it a few months after Maxwell 's paper folded — with a circulation of only about 100,000 . |
| 15 | I do n't care what you say , they really are marvellous creatures and one of the few animals in God 's world that do absolutely nothing but good . |
| 16 | There are still a few speeches in Greenaway 's house-style of inert paradox and cod worldliness — notably a digression by the Cook ( Richard Bohringer ) about black food and the price structure of restaurant meals — but the story , for better or worse , stands relatively clear of verbiage . |
| 17 | Then he turned the few feet to Creggan 's cage and stared up to where Creggan had taken stance on the bare branch of wood that hung across his cage . |
| 18 | Half way to the door I swivelled and , as if simply following the script of this particular hangover , strolled back to the table and came to a halt with my hands in my pockets a few feet from Davis 's chair . |
| 19 | Though Wimbledon 's players , after a few bottles of Beck 's lager , no doubt named after Cambridge 's late , lamented manager John , are not most people 's idea of convivial company , one does wonder whether manager Ferguson and his uptight team might benefit from a little relaxation a la Jones . |
| 20 | A few extracts from Val 's letter will quickly indicate the problem : |
| 21 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 22 | Japan 's Matsushita and Sony have each invested more than $5 billion over the past few years in America 's entertainment business , while Time and Warner have merged in the belief that big companies can best exploit a proliferating array of new media . |
| 23 | A few years after Coleman 's death it contained dried specimens under an accumulation of discoloured varnish , plus an incomplete horse skeleton , but there was no catalogue . |
| 24 | A few years after Lanfranc 's arrival , Eadmer described the English monks as living the lives of earls rather than monks , ‘ in all worldly glory , with gold and silver , with changes of fine clothes and delicate food , not to speak of the various kinds of musical instruments in which they delighted , and the horses , dogs and hawks with which they sometimes took exercise ’ . |
| 25 | And yet , a few years after Gromyko 's death , Marshka had proved himself to be an even greater survivor . |
| 26 | Can the party really survive much more of the rancour that has broken out in the past few days over Labour 's tax policy ? |
| 27 | Sometimes Elise would come up to London to spend a few days at Merrill 's flat and together they visited galleries , and saw a show . |
| 28 | But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ . |
| 29 | Within a few days of Elizabeth 's death the reivers had taken what they imagined would be the opportunity for easy plunder , and swarmed over the Border in what their victims and the Wardens referred to as ‘ Ill Week ’ . |
| 30 | A few days before Anthony 's death they had been together at the Lancaster Road Baths watching local semi-professional boxers . |