Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a good few minutes , I shattered this silence by asking what we should do . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They took full advantage of the opportunity to unwind after a torrid few weeks . |
| 4 | After a restless few hours ' sleep , Fabia awakened to daylight and the concrete knowledge that for her sister 's sake she could not accept defeat on that interview issue . |
| 5 | She still found it hard to assimilate the way her life had changed so drastically in the course of a mere few days . |
| 6 | So here I am , nursing a bruised bum , dented ego and the loss of a fair few possessions including dear old Wat Son ! |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ Cooper-Key paused for a judicious few seconds , ‘ if you insist . ’ |
| 8 | Just as we enter Machico , we pass the Hotel Dom Pedro on the right , a favourite retreat for a peaceful few days . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't think of anything for a good few hours , ’ he admitted throatily . |
| 10 | Foley said nothing for a good few seconds . |
| 11 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 12 | The biggest developments in men 's fashion in the past few years — the explosion of sportswear in everyday clothes , the return of knitwear and the gradual softening of the suit 's construction — are more than likely to stay with us for a good few seasons yet . |
| 13 | Both are gigantic construction projects , needing a large number of people to pass through them to be profitable , and with neither of them is the full return projected for a good few years hence . |
| 14 | Other parents long for grandchildren but find that their children delay marriage , or else their career-minded daughters or daughters-in-law have no intention of starting a family for a good few years . |
| 15 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 16 | But it is quite right that Wales have decided you should have to live and play in the country for a good few years ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Thanks to Mrs Ashley we employed more people , the weavers were paid overtime and we enjoyed an Indian summer for a good few years . |
| 18 | There ya go Mark , that should give you enough ammo for a good few months yet : - ) ) |
| 19 | Knew that she had warmed to him , that she wanted to ease his grief , and for a dangerous few seconds he thought he would cry . |
| 20 | The four of us drifted in and out of sleep for a further few hours , then , miraculously , at about 4 pm , the fog lifted and the rain ceased . |
| 21 | 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' ) . |
| 22 | It had made for a lively few hours but now that they 'd gone the place seemed oddly , unnaturally quiet again . |
| 23 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 24 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 25 | Untold billions have been poured into research and building working reactors in return for a relative few penn'orths of electricity . |
| 26 | This does not show up in the household statistics because many of these stays were for a brief few months right at the end of life . |
| 27 | We could do the same , but every piece of music must have its own shape , and many composers introduce new material at this point , even if only for a brief few bars . |
| 28 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 29 | A superb trout hooked itself firmly and during a breathtaking few minutes gave a spectacular display and a wonderful fight . |
| 30 | Indifferently magnificent , it sneered back at my eager camera lens , which could only fit in a pitiful few floors . |