Example sentences of "[adv] a few [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just a few minutes walk from town centre & beach . |
| 32 | The report warned : " Unless there is reduction of population growth together with a resolution of the landless peasant phenomenon , it is difficult to see that much forest will remain in just a few decades time " . |
| 33 | The Seychelles lie in the middle of the Indian Ocean , just a few degrees south of the equator . |
| 34 | The red colours show the hot spots and the blue shades are just a few degrees cooler . |
| 35 | Just a few yards north of the inn is a farm that serves teas in the summer . |
| 36 | Just a few miles west in the grounds of Nuneham Conference Park stands another folly which has ended up in an unexpected place . |
| 37 | When south of the Mandovi , I stayed in the simpler Prainha Cottages , just a few miles south of Panjim ( Prainha , Dona Paula , tel : 8325917 ) . |
| 38 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 39 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 40 | They were in Carlisle , just a few miles south of the Scottish-English border . |
| 41 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 42 | Indeed , for generations the Royal Family have had their own secluded haven just a few miles downriver . |
| 43 | One such hamlet is Somersby , in the heart of the wolds , just a few miles east of the market town of Horncastle . |
| 44 | Still a few sea bass here , though they 're so delicious that they hardly have time to freeze . |
| 45 | Their fleet consists mainly of motor yachts and sport fishermen , including the 120ft ( 36.5m ) Obsession and Allegro , a 73ft ( 22m ) sport fisherman , although there are also a few sailing craft , some with bareboat options . |
| 46 | Even a few microns difference in the size of a component can cost valuable minutes on the production line as machines are re-set . |
| 47 | Quite a few I suspect . |
| 48 | There are quite a few farm watch schemes around the county |
| 49 | Then they 'll now go into a maths lesson let's go into this , they 're gon na perhaps do that eight times , then they 're gon na get a breather , then a few days time after that the form teacher 's saying right , let's do it again and summarise it , I think it 's too much ! |