Example sentences of "to [noun sg] in a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has an 18-year-old son , who plans to go to university in a few months ' time and the thought of life on her own fills her with anxiety . |
| 2 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 3 | Delacroix saw the Bedouin in that light , remarking that : ‘ They are closer to nature in a thousand ways , and so beauty has a share in everything they make . ’ |
| 4 | I 've got James ringing around all the private houses on the island to rope in a few cooks who are n't working tonight . |
| 5 | But the British Fascisti were in earnest , though doomed to extinction in a few years with the creation of Oswald Mosley 's New Party . |
| 6 | She 's had such a good time and made so many new friends that she 's quite resigned to going back to school in a few days ’ time . ’ |