Example sentences of "[prep] [det] few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter did not see Blanche for another few hours . |
| 2 | Yet the thought of being cooped up indoors for another few hours made her feel almost suicidal . |
| 3 | We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard ! |
| 4 | The passage continued for another few metres . |
| 5 | Wondering why he had n't been awakened for his breakfast , he contemplated snuggling down beneath the covers for another few moments when he heard the door bell ring . |
| 6 | Roman observed her for another few moments . |
| 7 | So for another few weeks or months the question of the unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions is still open . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's only for another few days then I 'll sign off , ’ Dad promised . |
| 9 | They 're keeping him in hospital for another few days to carry out more tests . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Ah , we can leave that for another few days , then I 'll see one of these film people the General mentioned . |
| 11 | Keith obviously is still continuing because s again some money was found to keep his , to keep paying him for another few months . |
| 12 | On Aug. 27 the USA had announced that 1,500 US troops would remain in Kuwait for another few months . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , to guarantee that four satellites will always be visible would require 24 of them — and there will not be that many around for another few years . |
| 14 | ‘ I have looked after myself so hopefully my body will repay me by keeping going for another few years . |
| 15 | I waited for another few seconds and then crossed the landing to my own flat where I completed my own process of locking myself in for the night . |
| 16 | Would the er patients be seeing the doctor as well as the midwife during this few months before they were going |
| 17 | The method I prefer , however , is just to make a play of looking at the coin after each few rubs on the elbow . |
| 18 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 19 | Instead , place the emphasis on the more straightforward reasons for leaving , after all few decisions are the result of just one factor but are usually the result of a combination of circumstances . |
| 20 | Despite this few governments would suggest that national aims of equity be scrapped . |
| 21 | Maybe someone else would like the look of these few chapters . |
| 22 | Moderator it 's hard within the space of these few minutes to give a sense of the breadth of the Board 's work . |
| 23 | I was glad of these few minutes alone with Eric . |
| 24 | It is surprising how much of these few lines finds an echo in The Silmarillion . |
| 25 | In fact , Posner ( 1974 ) points out that there is very little research indeed that can be considered as a direct test of the economic theory , and the results of these few tests are not clear cut . |
| 26 | She would make the best of these few days up here , work and yet take time to relax and most of all to forget Fernando Serra . |
| 27 | It is important to take into consideration more than one eye-witness report of these few seconds ( and the Gaumont newsreel film ) in an effort to decide what did happen ; but no account or film can tell us exactly what Emily Davison 's motive was . |
| 28 | Furthermore , of these few results , a substantial number were for charcoal , with all the attendant problems of possible age offset due to ‘ old wood ’ ( see p. 121 ) . |
| 29 | Despite these few tombstones , the main cemeteries of Corbridge are not well attested . |
| 30 | Clearly , though , despite these few shortcomings , the warning display is a useful one . |