Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was either recovery or recession , modernising the health service or commercialising it , investing in all children or preserving opportunity for a few , said Mr Kinnock . |
| 2 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 3 | If using ordinary rollers , aid the process by switching your hairdryer on to the cold setting and whizz over hair for a few minutes before unwinding the rollers . |
| 4 | We realized that each of us would be a big story for a few days , but that would pass and then we 'd be able to get on with the real work of getting to know our families and friends again . |
| 5 | Then one time when he was doing some other business with the woman we called Mrs Howard , he sold her the story for a few marks . |
| 6 | A limited contract for a few sessions , at least in the first instance , is always preferable . |
| 7 | To the extent that there is an elision in the terms of debate , and the concept of postmodern arrangements is aligned only with a ‘ free ’ labour market variant of organizational forms , which actually means freedom for a few and restriction to much more repressive conditions for the many , then the terms of debate and choice are unnecessarily restricted . |
| 8 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
| 9 | Surely you can tap the chairman for a few quid so we can buy someone half-decent . |
| 10 | Payments terminated on 31 May 1753 , but evidently no ill feeling marred the end of Miller 's contract as a few years later he dedicated to the Duke the beautiful Figures of Plants ( 2 vols. ) which had been published in parts from 1755–60 . |
| 11 | cheque for a few thousand or something , that would have but it were n't . |
| 12 | The downfall of Mrs Thatcher , the arrival of John Major at 10 Downing Street and the Gulf War took the spotlight away from the Group 's activities for a few months . |
| 13 | They stared at the dead sheep for a few seconds longer , then went back to the van . |
| 14 | The airport duties made a pleasant change for a few of our lads , and one of them was offered a helicopter flight to the rigs one day . |
| 15 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 16 | Perhaps , while she hassled , she managed to forget Montaine for a few hours . |
| 17 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 18 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 19 | They talked about their plans for a few minutes . |
| 20 | Three years later , during the carnival of 1645 , John Evelyn saw Ercole in Lidia by Monteverdi 's pupil and successor at St. Mark 's , Giovanni Rovetta ( C. 1596–1668 ) , at the Teatro Novissimo , with ‘ variety of sceanes painted and contrived with no lesse art of perspective , and machines for flying in the aire , and other wonderfull motions … one of the most magnificent and expensive diversions the wit of man can invent ’ ; and the San Cassiano had a chorus for a few years . |
| 21 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 22 | He was unlikely to have her arrested again , and an unwanted pass might seem like fair payment for a few hours spent out of the confines of her depressing little room . |
| 23 | Once Queen Victoria had been established on the throne for a few decades , she acquired a natural authority when dealing with her prime ministers . |
| 24 | The third-ranking member of the CPV politburo , he had served as acting Premier for a few months in 1988 following the death of Pham Hung , but had then been dislodged from the post by the more conservative Do Muoi . |
| 25 | Although the females ' ranges are smaller than those of individual males they overlap those of several of them and may therefore turn up in more than one male community ; females in oestrus range widely , consorting with a male for a few days . |
| 26 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
| 27 | He had had a spell about two years previously when he had been in a wheel-chair for a few weeks , but had managed to get himself out of it and stagger around with two tripods . |
| 28 | After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised . |
| 29 | Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament . |
| 30 | But a careful look through a few of the magazines and newspapers in which wildlife traders advertise , suggests otherwise , says Steven Broad , Investigations Officer , Wildlife Trade Monitoring Unit . |