Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carl moved into agency at NEMS in the late 1970s and after a few years was instrumental in the formation of the PAN agency . |
| 2 | I was lucky to get a job at Highgate , and after a few years was able tor educe my teaching to three days a week . |
| 3 | It grew rapidly , and after a few seconds was the tiny bright shape of a man . |
| 4 | These days he had trouble recalling the troublesome fragments of his education he had bothered to memorize in the first place ; the names of a few acquaintances were jumbled together with old verb forms and things he thought were childhood haunts turned out to be places he had only just discovered . |
| 5 | So an early mark-down of a few pence was soon recouped , and by the close the FTSE index had reversed the initial fall of over nearly eight points as New York showed signs of a more stable performance . |
| 6 | Certainly the popular press fuelled doubt , focusing as it did upon particular schools which were in temporary disarray , and the failure of a few teachers was applied indiscriminately to the whole workforce . |
| 7 | The remains of a few victims were taken to a makeshift mortuary in a hangar at Schiphol . |
| 8 | There was nearly a chance when he got locked in a lift at the Horseguards Hotel the other day , but the prospect of being out of the front line for a few hours was more than he could bear . |
| 9 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 10 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 11 | I just got into the trench in time as a few explosions were occuring in several parts of the orchard . |
| 12 | The front , like the back , was made as two 6ft sections through a few adjustments were made in order to incorporate a door and windows . |
| 13 | The substantial proportion of newly qualified doctors ( 18–25% ) who never practise or who leave medicine within a few years was , however , ignored . |
| 14 | Without thinking I tagged on to the end of the marching men and within a few seconds was past the SPs unnoticed . |
| 15 | He acquiesced in the attempt of Lady Jane Grey [ q.v. ] to seize the throne from Mary , and came under suspicion at the time of the rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt [ q.v. ] , but within a few weeks was back at his duties . |
| 16 | Only in a few instances were brass or copper depositum plates provided , for it was more usual to outline the initials , date of death and age of the occupant on to the lid with black-headed upholstery nails with the possible addition of a skull and crossbones outlined at the head of the lid , whilst the sides were decorated with a single row of close-set nails all round . |
| 17 | What permitted the concentration of foreign trade in a few ports was the complementing of overseas trade by coastal trade . |
| 18 | The concentration of production in a few firms was considerably more marked in 1970 than it had been 15 years earlier , and many economists attribute around half the increase in concentration in the 1960s to the merger boom during those years . |
| 19 | Anything struck by a poisoned arrow was paralysed almost immediately and in a few moments was dead . |
| 20 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |