Example sentences of "a few [noun] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they gathered outside the wire waiting for their guard to open the gate into the camp , they were suspended for a few moments in a sort of limbo . |
| 2 | The first weekend I spend a few hours in a boat making a note of the various depths , the location of weedbeds , and any shelves or basins which could prove attractive to fish . |
| 3 | Walworth was hardly the place where families had money lying about , except perhaps a few pennies in a cocoa tin for feeding gas meters . |
| 4 | No hyenas , no kudu , no oryx ; only a few eagles in a place called Scotland and , unbelievably , hardly any kites . |
| 5 | ‘ They do n't mind so much now I 've got a few trophies in a case that they can show their friends and boast about it , ’ Carlos Francis recollected his parents ' change of posture after it became evident that he could make a career out of soccer . |
| 6 | After an hour inside the school , all four spent a few minutes in a room of their own before Charles and Diana said goodbye to their sons . |
| 7 | You spend a few minutes in a classroom and you find there 's budding farmers , policemen , bank clerks , bus drivers , mothers , harlots , fortunate and starved . |
| 8 | Knit a few stitches in a contrast colour into a long strip . |
| 9 | While Pamella flung a few things in a suitcase and scrambled off to Bali tout de suite , Fleet Street fanned out to play cherchez la femme . |
| 10 | At one time , I had a few carvings in a corner , away from the meat , but no one noticed them . |
| 11 | If you feel like showing me a few pages in a day or two , I would be pleased , and I 'm sure your other readers out there would be fascinated by a full autobiography . |
| 12 | He 's the butler There are usually a few words in a language that can only be used gesturally : for example there are presentatives like French voici , and toasts like British English cheers . |
| 13 | ‘ Cheer up , ’ he went on , ‘ I 'll bring you a few cigarettes in a minute when Arthur 's opened the gate . ’ |
| 14 | The cost of evening courses or those consisting of a few sessions in a school of nursing cost considerably less than residential week long courses or part-time variations held over a period of several months . |
| 15 | This process , which can take several decades in open country , may be contrived in only a few years in a garden by reversing the natural scheme of things . |
| 16 | The usual method of taking the Bach Remedies is to put a few drops in a cup of springwater which is then sipped at intervals . |
| 17 | As a consequence of casual labour the actual take-home pay , irrespective of the rate of payment , could be pitifully small , ranging from just a few coppers in a month to the best wages of all the men on the machines and , top of the league , the head dresser . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you can dispense with the formalities , Letty , curtsying would look out of place in a few rooms in a lodging house , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 19 | Durbeyfield walked on a few steps in a dream , then sat down with his basket . |