Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] in [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was afraid to go to bed , or even to sleep for a few moments in my chair . |
| 2 | Anyone with a few coins in their purse , or gold pieces , was well advised to take a ‘ chair ’ or a ‘ cab ’ home after dark . |
| 3 | The coroner passed a few remarks in his summing-up on the heavy responsibility shouldered by those placed in loco parentis , but accepted that the girl 's affections had been aroused unintentionally . |
| 4 | However , your willingness to come to the aid of your fellow readers is causing a few headaches in our office . |
| 5 | It had flown but a few hours in his ownership , and it might be available for a feature in Pilot . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've dealt with a few booby-traps in my time . |
| 7 | ‘ Get hold of some ordinary chap and drop a few hints in his ear . ’ |
| 8 | The Glens need to beat Larne at Inver Park to be sure of reaching the quarter-finals and manager Robert Strain is looking to make a few alterations in his line-up . |
| 9 | Dmitrii Zamiatnin , the deputy Minister of Justice , and Sergei Zarudnyi , Bludov 's assistant at the Second Department , were juridical radicals , but although they registered a few successes in their quest for change ( notably the foundation of the enlightened Journal of the Ministry of Justice in 1859 ) , they needed more than idealism to convert their superiors . |
| 10 | She seemed calm and peaceful , and a few minutes in her presence soon cheered Mr Wolski up . |
| 11 | Nicky Ryan can be a defensive man in the wrong company , but after a few minutes in my presence he seems to know I have ‘ felt ’ Enya 's music , and he relaxes considerably . |
| 12 | Nick and I went to see Canon Oates and we knew after only a few minutes in his company that he wanted to help very much . |
| 13 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |
| 14 | Let us take it as read that Hawkwind started quite a few trends in their time . |
| 15 | A few girls in my class did a sponsored spell and wore their pyjamas to school ! |
| 16 | When he tried to construct a few sentences in his mind — excusing himself — excusing Rose — they did n't sound lucid . |
| 17 | Jenny had gone without a few things in her youth and was determined that their boy would lack nothing . |
| 18 | Anyway I was going over a few things in my mind . |
| 19 | And then we took a remote truck down to Carl 's house and did a few things in his den . |
| 20 | The Colonel went towards the road to press forward the attack down the main street , a grenade that fell between his feet putting a few splinters in his hand , after he had dived for cover , and seriously wounding his runner . |
| 21 | That is just a few words in your mind you can see a person walking along . |
| 22 | We 've got quite a few pupils in our school who will seize on anything like this as a means of causing friction between the various groups . |
| 23 | Lester Piggott ( eventually ) who 's ridden a few studs in his time as has |
| 24 | The Nutcracker suite in this charming 17th-century inn is so called because the low-ceilinged doorway has an exposed beam which has caught out the unwary and cracked a few heads in its time . |
| 25 | She must have seen a few sights in her time . ’ |
| 26 | For , he was sure , no mistake , there had been a few flings in her life . |
| 27 | But the case left a few unfortunates in its wake . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've read a few books in my time , and there 's one thing I 've learned … there 's a difference between education and being well read . ’ |
| 29 | Each time she made a decision to keep away from birds , she was in fact reinforcing and enlarging the fear in her own mind , so that she changed from being someone who simply did not like birds to becoming a person who would actually consider spending the rest of her life within her own four walls rather than risk encountering a few sparrows in her path . |
| 30 | She had received a few blows in her time , but after the first shock she had swung back . |