Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile in the supermarket car park only a few hundred yards from the scene of the rape , women expressed their shock at what had happened : |
| 2 | Asquith 's appointment of Isaacs as Lord Chief Justice just a few months after he had narrowly escaped ( and actually deserved ) parliamentary censure , was a brave example of loyalty to a colleague , but it also demonstrated exactly the insensitivity that Unionists had denounced . |
| 3 | The figures are published on a day when arsonists destroyed part of a shopping centre just a few hours after thieves stealing television sets had also tried to start a fire . |
| 4 | To get ahead of the teams and join them halfway up the 12,000 foot mountain , Fusil flew a few journalists over the forest canopy just a few feet above the top of the trees . |
| 5 | Desi Grew has been in jail several times for terrorist offences , and Martin McCoffey has left Dungannon Council just a few weeks ago . |
| 6 | Desi Grew had been in prison several times for terrorist offences , Martin McCoffey had left Dungannon Council only a few weeks ago . |
| 7 | The Egyptians are asking for Cleopatra 's Needle , the great granite obelisk of 1500 BC which stands on the Thames embankment just a few yards from the Savoy . |
| 8 | At Harrods , Gardiner looked to be rowing a little short forward and Cambridge shot Hammersmith Bridge possibly a few feet ahead . |
| 9 | We had to make a forced landing at Jever Luftwaffe Air Base just a few seconds in front of two Tornados on finals , making the runway a little slippy with the last few drops of oil leaking out of our crankcase . |
| 10 | President Bush on March 20 vetoed a US$77,500 million tax relief and economic growth bill only a few minutes after Congress completed work on it . |
| 11 | Shiona 's plane touched down at Glasgow airport just a few minutes before midday the following day . |
| 12 | Almost all the countries of Europe except Spain and Ireland started their fertility decline just a few decades after Britain , before the First World War ( Coale and Watkins 1986 ) , even though some ( e.g. Scandinavia ) remained dependent on agriculture , fishing , forestry , and other primary production . |
| 13 | The jury was told that Paul admitted using the bat in a game of baseball in Battersea Park just a few days after the killing . |
| 14 | A highly significant addition during this time was an underwater ridge from the eastern Pacific ; after accretion it pulled apart to form the San Andreas Fault now a few miles inland from the coast . |
| 15 | He was in the public eye again a few months later when the Rolls struck a bull near the Spotted Dog in High Coniscliffe . |
| 16 | We listened to the hon. Member for Lancashire , West ( Mr. Hind ) — we often must do so — and he defended the council tax with all the conviction with which he defended the poll tax just a few months ago . |
| 17 | The sailors stopped digging when the trench was about one foot deep , then they sat down and lit up their cigarettes , gazing around the orchard , taking not the slightest notice of the mortar team just a few yards from them . |
| 18 | She could see his face quite clearly , as it was lit by the gas street lamp just a few feet behind him . |
| 19 | Friendly family run guest house just a few doors from sea/Palace Pier and in excellent position for all attractions . |