Example sentences of "just a few [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were just a few strands of grey in his hair , faint lines around his eyes and the sensuous mouth . |
| 2 | So why not spare just a few hours for Amnesty International ? |
| 3 | You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again . |
| 4 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 5 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 6 | Shiona 's plane touched down at Glasgow airport just a few minutes before midday the following day . |
| 7 | According to Earth Report ( 1988 ) , some 100 million t of nutrient-rich silt were deposited annually in the pre-Aswan period but is now reduced to just a few tomes per year , necessitating extensive fertiliser use at considerable cost and , presumably , inviting long-term eutrophication problems that characterise many developing countries ( section 6.3.1 ) . |
| 8 | With just a few bits of metal and lots of imagination , Meccano addicts can build anything from a replica of Blackpool Tower to a Lancaster bomber . |
| 9 | Just a few bits of timber really . " |
| 10 | Then at each level , credit is passed back after just a few attempts at search . |
| 11 | How come we can send a spacecraft to Venus or write the Bible on a microchip yet remain incapable of operating a sophisticated transportation network when the temperature drops just a few degrees below zero ? |
| 12 | I would describe our time in Siret as being able to see just a few rays of light in a very dark week . |
| 13 | We had to make a forced landing at Jever Luftwaffe Air Base just a few seconds in front of two Tornados on finals , making the runway a little slippy with the last few drops of oil leaking out of our crankcase . |
| 14 | The pictures show just a few shapes of wagon . |
| 15 | They were just a few suggestions on display at a Christmas food festival , and traders are proud to say that they 're all produced locally . |
| 16 | Before that , she realised , during the three years she 'd known him , he had never moved her to any great depths of emotion — not the same soaring heights and plummeting depths she 'd known in just a few days with Fen . |
| 17 | For some other companies it is uneconomic to open for just a few days between bank holidays . |
| 18 | He left just a few days before Christmas in 1984 . |
| 19 | But money and the recession were forgotten as I skied in the brilliant sunshine of Obergurgl just a few days before Christmas . |
| 20 | David started as a Tuner just a few days before Christmas in 1949 . |
| 21 | The case is being heard just a few days before counter action aimed at holding up attempts to sell the house if they are forced to leave . |
| 22 | Friendly family run guest house just a few doors from sea/Palace Pier and in excellent position for all attractions . |
| 23 | The national competition successes come just a few weeks after site newsletter Risley News was voted the north 's Newsletter of the Year at the Guardian Editing Awards , staged by the Northern region of the BAIE in Manchester . |
| 24 | REPAIRS have been carried out to a 40ft long roof of a village canoe store which blew off after just a few weeks in place . |
| 25 | And after just a few sessions of treatment his parents were overjoyed to be told their son could be walking by the time they leave the Capital in April . |
| 26 | Second , if the Liberals and Social Democrats had been able to squeeze a few more votes from Labour supporters , then it could well have been the Labour Party that finished up with just a few seats in parliament out of all proportion to votes cast . |
| 27 | Under these circumstances , attempting even an interim assessment of just a few facets of change may appear premature ( not to mention hubristic ) . |
| 28 | ‘ Just a few words of encouragement , ’ said Bodie . |
| 29 | From the Garrimpos Just a few miles down stream , the silvery waters of the Cristolino flow into the Tellisperos river , and vanish , stained by it 's burden of silt . |
| 30 | Skipper Mike Harris managed to locate feeding fish on the shallow reefs just a few miles from shore where John Smith , Bryce Smith and Jamie Smith from Meols , and Liverpool tackle dealer Alan Sharpe , included 50 tasty black bream in their haul . |