Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I shall leave England in a few months ’ time . ’ |
| 32 | We 're going to Kinsai in a few days . |
| 33 | I was in Sydney for a few weeks , and had an affair with a broad . |
| 34 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 35 | I am shortly to find out , for I am booked to fly out to the Falkland Islands in a few days ! |
| 36 | ) Not wanting to be away from Previn for long periods , Mia crossed the Atlantic on a few weekends during the shooting . |
| 37 | No but I did say about it Lester Piggott on a few weeks ago . |
| 38 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |
| 39 | Have to be in Paris for a few days . |
| 40 | The train stopped at Spean Bridge for a few moments , the platform was almost deserted . |
| 41 | Elinor said , ‘ I saw Sam for a few minutes , darling . |
| 42 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 43 | He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once . |
| 44 | ‘ He 's only been working for Harry for a few weeks . |
| 45 | Nancy Ball had only been with Hugo for a few months and it was much longer than that since Harriet had visited him at the office . |
| 46 | Milton , the provost believed , should write to the collector of customs to have him tell the threatened tide waiter that he was in no danger , and at the same time secure an order for Main to cross to West Lothian for a few days , around the time of the burgh elections , in order to get him out of the way , for the election of the deacon of the wrights would turn on this single vote . |
| 47 | This is how the new Thorp two seat trainer will really look when it goes on sale in the UK in a few weeks ' time . |
| 48 | His recall of the Parlement of Paris within a few months of his accession , his failure to support his radically reforming Controller-General Turgot ( 1774–76 ) , showed that he was no more able than his grandfather to withstand the opposition of the privileged groups . |
| 49 | Nolan , glowering routinely at Sam from a few feet away , switched his ill-humour to me . |
| 50 | Meg laughed , ‘ Bless you , no , chick , we 'll be off to Somerset in a few days . |
| 51 | He is expected to leave hospital to return to Jordan in a few days , and wo n't need any further treatment , the royal doctor added . |
| 52 | It was agreed with the Prince that the interview would take place at Broadlands where he would be staying with the Brabournes in a few weeks ' time . |
| 53 | When I went to Germany within a few days of the end of the war , it was rather remarkable to go to a Luftwaffe air field with many aircraft , all intact and fully serviceable , but with their tanks — dry not a drop of oil was to be found on those bases . |
| 54 | Oag has just returned from Tokyo , and will set off for a climbing exhibition in Grenoble in a few days . |
| 55 | How do you feel about going to Czechoslovakia in a few days . |
| 56 | The American cruised the Solent for a few days while Mark was tying up the loose ends , and returned to the States without paying another visit to his office . |
| 57 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
| 58 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 59 | I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no . |
| 60 | ‘ I want you to let me have Hannah for a few days . |