Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few hours in there the two women became ‘ as quiet and inoffensive beings , as ever breathed ’ . |
| 2 | After a few hours in this the home of Johannes Gutenberg ( he invented the printing press ) , the cruise heads upstream to Speyer for 8.00pm arrival . |
| 3 | AFTER a few minutes in the company of Joe Boyd , I was wondering whether there was anybody in world music he had not heard of . |
| 4 | After a few minutes in the kitchen , the lady placed before me a plate of home-made scones , a dish of jam and a large pot of tea , all delicious . |
| 5 | Nicky Ryan can be a defensive man in the wrong company , but after a few minutes in my presence he seems to know I have ‘ felt ’ Enya 's music , and he relaxes considerably . |
| 6 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 7 | After a few years in management , you know who they are , and it will be put right . ’ |
| 8 | Similar criteria have often applied to the education officer who , after a few years in the classroom . |
| 9 | Hugh began as a chargehand in the Teasing Department , where he returned to become foreman after a few years in the Dyed Wool Blending Department . |
| 10 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 11 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 12 | After a few days in the cave , he entered the farmhouse , saying that his end was close . |
| 13 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |
| 14 | After a few days in his efficient hotel bedroom , the rage and shame of having any connection with West Berlin passed into glassy remorse . |
| 15 | We all know that we feel better after a few days in the mountains but why is this ? |
| 16 | After a few days in the nest , however , the chicks will peck more at the herring gull model ( Figure 3.4 ) . |
| 17 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 18 | ‘ Cut it out , Maria , ’ he ordered her curtly after a few seconds in which he seemed to hold his breath . |
| 19 | I remember when after a few months in uniform duty , walking the beat , I was on West End Road , next to the Olympic Theatre , where there had been a building site and there was Collins World Fair there . |
| 20 | After a few months in fresh water , they begin to eat again and grow . |
| 21 | After a few months in jail for manslaughter , Tepilit could be released : the war effort encouraged flexibility . |
| 22 | But there is a world of difference between these patients , discharged carefully to a community hostel , and those sent out at short notice after a few months in an acute psychiatric ward . |
| 23 | After a few weeks in Blackpool , Marjorie was overjoyed when sent to America to join the Lollipop Troupe for a year . |
| 24 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 25 | China was even worse : ‘ I was sorely grieved that heathendom had so strong a hold over [ this rich country ] , ’ he wrote after a few weeks in Qanjanfu . |
| 26 | He had caught up with and passed his rival in a latter of a few strides in a quite extraordinary spurt of acceleration for a steeple-chaser carrying twelve and a half stone at the end of a three-mile chase , and for the big horse it was simply too much : Mill House weakened rapidly and by the time Arkle had strode home to a rapturous reception Mill House had been passed by Rondetto . |
| 27 | The Donora episode , together with smogs in London in 1952 ( causing 4000 deaths ) and New York City in 1953 ( resulting in 200 deaths ; Greenburg et al. , 1962 ) , stimulated plans for a national air pollution conference and the introduction of a few bills in Congress ( none of them passed ) . |
| 28 | particles are stopped by a sheet of aluminium and a have a range of a few metres in the air . |
| 29 | What you need is a break or a holiday so count your pennies and weigh up your chances of a few days in the sun or short spell staying with friends . |
| 30 | On Hicks 's death in 1869 the business was taken over by G. R. Crickmay of Weymouth and , with the exception of a few weeks in 1870 spent in London with John Raphael Brandon , architect of the Catholic Apostolic Church in Gordon Square , Hardy worked intermittently with Crickmay in Dorchester and Weymouth until 1872 . |