Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The first cultivators in Africa , as in all parts of the world , would farm a field for a few years and then , when its fertility began to drop , move on to an adjacent , or occasionally distant , area where high yields could be maintained for a similar period . |
| 32 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 33 | Outside the wind grew even more savage and we cut short the one doomed attempt to raise the tent , retreating to the truck for a few minutes of poor slumber . |
| 34 | We offer help to pupils with varying needs — general learning problems , specific learning difficulties , the filling of gaps caused by changing schools and , recently , the provision of extra teaching for a few children whose educational attainment is far in excess of that of their peers . |
| 35 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 36 | You 'll see there that like most of his kind he was detained without trial for a few months under Regulation 18B-in nineteen forty . ’ |
| 37 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 38 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
| 39 | Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks . |
| 40 | " The Chairman after a few remarks called upon Mr. Borland to read his Essay on " Labour , " after which all the Members in rotation were requested to give their views on the subject . |
| 41 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 42 | In some cases , this needs to be relieved by placing a drain ( catheter ) in the bladder for a few days . |
| 43 | There is nothing more demoralising than coming home with an injury which keeps you out of action for a few weeks . |
| 44 | Alexia held his glance for a few moments , a furrow between her eyebrows , and dropped the subject . |
| 45 | Sir Geoffrey rang through to his secretary to ask her to bring in tea , and we chatted over tea for a few minutes . |
| 46 | He fell headlong , his arms flailing , and struck the street hard enough to lose consciousness for a few seconds . |
| 47 | The loads on the structure are lower during the first half of the launch and it is not unusual to exceed the placard speed for a few seconds during the initial steepening of the climb . |
| 48 | The normal stopping method is to let the motor run at idling speed for a few seconds before depressing the ignition switch . |
| 49 | And then they 'd have a big auction for a few pounds where Dad used to do the auctioning and since he was a sergeant major one could hear his voice . |
| 50 | He handed me a toffee , climbed into his car , beckoned me to sit on the other front seat for a few minutes , and removed the celluloid sidescreen to give us more fresh air . |
| 51 | It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years . |
| 52 | Ill just go out of the house without a word , and stay at my club for a few days . |
| 53 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
| 54 | In 1984 there was considerable publicity concerning a woman who gouged out her eye and another who slashed her breast in order to get out of her cell for a few minutes . |
| 55 | We sat in the jeep for a few moments watching the column as it disappeared along the very dusty road , and was soon out of sight , after passing Sulnier 's farm . |
| 56 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 57 | These days , of course , now that I am a grown woman , I would have little problem with saying I was feeling ill and suggesting we take a break for a few minutes . |
| 58 | It 's a full-time job ; in fact I 've just spent my leave there simply to give them a break for a few days . ’ |
| 59 | She had promised to take me sailing , and Paula had let her borrow the boat for a few hours , as she had often done before . |
| 60 | Katharine and Benji had produced some nice work together and at this point Jennie told them to have a rest on a long rein for a few minutes . |