Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 They talked about their plans for a few minutes .
2 The theory of the second-best says that it is allocatively more efficient to spread inevitable distortions thinly over many markets than to concentrate their effects in a few markets .
3 If employees leave their organisations within a few months of relocation , the heavy financial investment in them will be wasted .
4 Firms can choose to concentrate their resources in a few countries and emphasise exports to other markets , or they can disperse their resources and emphasise FDI .
5 Ranteallo explained that a stone had been raised at the death of every Toraja king , and indeed queen — though no one remembered their names beyond a few generations .
6 But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty .
7 Peter Hall and Trevor Nunn made their reputations within a few years of leaving Cambridge .
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