Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
3 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
4 | Perhaps , while she hassled , she managed to forget Montaine for a few hours . |
5 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
6 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
7 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
8 | : Ma for a few years and recently we 've reassessed the doses and also we 've reassessed the risks so those two things together have caused us to express our concern and to advise the government what to do about it . |
9 | I took a siesta in the shade , and when evening rolled around was feeling fit enough to head back into Bandera for a few more beers at the Silver Dollar . |
10 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
11 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
12 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
13 | After had been at U.C.L. for a few months , the C.R.C . |
14 | I was taken prisoner of war at Saint Valerie for a few of my friends in from Edinburgh who were taken prisoner of war . |
15 | She went into the hall , glad of anything that would take her mind from Dana for a few minutes . |
16 | Any budding Napoleon with a few hours to spare — or a few days , for some games — can choose from titles such as ‘ Butcher of Baghdad ’ , ‘ Gulf Strike ’ and ‘ Line in the Sand ’ . |
17 | Homo sapiens sapiens seems to have replaced the Neanderthals in a few thousand years about 30000 years ago . |
18 | Though serial numbers were issued to the Joyces , the identity books were not , since the family protested that it intended to leave the country for the United States in a few more days . |
19 | Entries trickled in all Saturday plus a few just five minutes before the event started on Sunday to bring us up to just about last year 's figure . |
20 | In the Tertiary period , weathering produced a deep regolith ( Fitzpatrick , 1963 ) , the remnants of which exist in the Outer Hebrides at a few sites protected from severe glacial erosion ( Glentworth , 1979 ) . |
21 | Having worked at Billingham for a few years he was appointed as a commissioning engineer for an ammonia plant in Canada before moving in 1985 to manage the leading concept ammonia [ LCA ] plant at Severnside , Avonmouth . |
22 | The Duke stared at Sharpe for a few seconds , then flinched at the blood which was caked on the Rifleman 's jacket . |
23 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
24 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
25 | In or after 1147 Andrew returned to England for a few troubled years as the first abbot of Wigmore , a daughter house of St Victor in Herefordshire . |
26 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
27 | He had only known Heather for a few weeks , after all , and may well have been deceived by the impression she had created in Rhodes ' alien environment . |
28 | Carruthers was appointed as District Geologist in charge and Dinham was also posted there from Scotland for a few years . |
29 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
30 | Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . |