Example sentences of "[adj] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’ |
| 32 | So , after the inevitable few months of bereavement , Amy went to work on herself , for herself . |
| 33 | No longer would youth and its culture have such a power to affect society as it had had for those brief few years from 1963 to 1967 : although the sharp end of youth culture was confusing purchasing power with political power and demanding change , many of its constituents were caught by the freeze that , introduced the previous year , signified the end of the ten-year boom that had thrust youth into prominence . |
| 34 | Padding behind them were the demolition squads , Corran Purdon 's men held for a tense few moments in the open when every second might draw more fire as they smashed the northern winding-hut door ( 'A' ) . |
| 35 | This time it was Jean herself who took the wheel as she took her husband home to spend a cosy few hours by his own fireside . |
| 36 | You 're sure to spend a good few hours at the time playing this fun sports sim — so do n't for get the suntan oil ! |
| 37 | Get a good few hours before light . |
| 38 | We stood a good few minutes in the entrance hall , and a gentleman came through and smiled , and someone said it was Billy Graham , Mr Wogan 's other guest . |
| 39 | Ah well it 's a good few years for this . |
| 40 | This breed can live to 14 years of age , so giving an adult a home should still promise a good few years of companionship . |
| 41 | Worried that too many bands are getting signed ‘ took quick , before they can develop ’ , Tim is relieved that The Charlatans had a good few years under their belts . |
| 42 | Worried that too many bands are getting signed ‘ took quick , before they can develop ’ , Tim is relieved that The Charlatans had a good few years under their belts . |
| 43 | I 've had a good few warming-pans in my bed over the years . |
| 44 | Spaniard Martin Vasquez , back with Real Madrid after an unhappy few months at the Velodrome , has left in the last year or so along with Chris Waddle , Trevor Steven , Dragan Stojkovic , Eric Cantona and £10 million Jean-Pierre Papin . |
| 45 | These present few problems with the requirement for a high vacuum ( though volatile solids may need to be cooled ) , and they give the highest possible density of sample , and therefore signal strength , but it must be remembered that the atomic environment includes neighboring molecules or ions . |
| 46 | ‘ In fact it 's been a great few weeks for me . |
| 47 | If you choose where to sit or loiter carefully , however , avoiding the principal sea front by the casino , it is just possible to have an illusory few minutes of the old Biarritz . |
| 48 | But plenty of the money spent by the parties in those frantic few weeks of the election itself , particularly on newspaper advertisements , will be fresh funds — which has to be good news for the media and agencies . |
| 49 | It had been a terrible few seconds until Dorcas 's eyes adjusted to the distance . |
| 50 | The £5.5 million star endured a heart-stopping few minutes against Genoa , crashing to the ground after a tackle and clutching the same knee in which he ruptured ligaments 16 months ago . |
| 51 | However , the critical few moments at the start of the launch are not always fully understood , and often there is an element of luck in getting it right . |
| 52 | It traps the warmth of the odd sunny spell , and wards off the critical few degrees of cold . |
| 53 | After a critical few weeks of talks with the Minister-Presidents a compromise was reached by which a German government would be created , but without giving the impression that this meant a permanent division . |
| 54 | During a mild winter they often start flowering in early March , and M. grandiflora still has the occasional few flowers in December . |
| 55 | At the last he was in front , but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line . |
| 56 | Notice the vital few words with the people at the garage , the bank , the booking-office , the doctor 's surgery . |
| 57 | The screening takes place in the coming few months in the next stage of a three-year programme . |
| 58 | I shall cover our response to the needs of the voluntary sector , of Eastern Europe , of Africa and I shall say a particular few words about the needs of children , the subject which is of course at the very heart of your work . |
| 59 | But if , in spite of your precautions , a fire breaks out , a smoke alarm can give those precious few minutes of warning which increase the chances of you and your family getting out safely . |
| 60 | The Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm is designed to give you those precious few minutes in the event of fire , by detecting smoke from fires in their earliest stages and sounding a loud warning signal . |