Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following song was broadcast on the radio and was on sale in the record shops , yet the wearing of miniskirts a few years later was denounced as improper and an example of western sexual decadence and permissiveness ! |
| 2 | The dropping of the detailed prescription of hours a few years later did not disturb history 's dominant position among the core subjects of the liberal , grammar tradition . |
| 3 | Your issue on the use of images a few months ago was excellent so why not stick to your own guidelines ? |
| 4 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 5 | For thousands of years a few men have searched for these human fruits ; they have filled their minds with the lovely ideas and have taken up their long search and watch on the lonely shore of the other world . |
| 6 | One critic , reviewing Field of Dreams a few years ago , claimed Hollywood was now besotted with the family . |
| 7 | Which one wa I I ca n't remember what I sa I was saying a f a lot of things a few minutes ago . |
| 8 | Magharba reinforcements from Bishr turned up and camped in a clump of trees a few kilometres west of town . |
| 9 | In response to a frantic waving of arms a few minutes later , I opened up our trusty Seagull motor and chugged round the harbour arm to brave the swell . |
| 10 | I told myself I could live with the thought of having just a small part of your life and love , but when you put it into words a few moments ago I could see how awful it would have been . |
| 11 | He only had time to read potted critical works now , with Finals a few weeks off . |
| 12 | Everyone engaged on an escape scheme enjoyed the furtiveness necessary for good security : the concealment of tell-tale evidence under coats a few feet away from unsuspecting sentries , the private knowledge kept from other members of the hut . |
| 13 | Close friendships with girls a few years older or younger than oneself were actively discouraged , and it seemed to us that to be seen in earnest conversation with a girl who belonged neither to one 's own year or one 's own house was tantamount to admitting that one was engaged in a lesbian liaison . |
| 14 | ‘ I gather she 'd been looking into drugs a few weeks back and then into child porn . |
| 15 | It 's in books a few books have it in it . |
| 16 | His hopes of a memorable 100th Test appearance lay in ruins a few days later . |
| 17 | Nearly all of this material was obtained by scooping the top of the surface , or by picking up small rocks up to about fist-size , or from cores a few centimetres in diameter and up to 2.4 metres deep . |
| 18 | It need not take very long but it should be fairly strenuous — running up and down stairs a few times will do . |
| 19 | The sixth child was taken captive but returned to friends a few years later . |
| 20 | It 's not so bad in Division Four , and when the opportunity came up at Ards , I jumped at it , ’ said Armstrong , who captained and coached Bangor before going back to end his playing days at Collegians a few seasons ago . |
| 21 | Turner from St Michael 's Mission to the Blind , who had been attacked by dacoits a few days earlier and left for dead a few miles out of Shwebo . |
| 22 | This condition is more aptly termed pre-menstrual syndrome ( PMS ) because tension is just one of a number of other emotional and physical disturbances experienced by women a few days ( or two weeks ) before the onset of menstruation . |