Example sentences of "[adv prt] in a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Each centre aims to build up in a few years the basis for energy conservation throughout industry , transport and construction — an ambitious target , which Chandler feels is achievable . |
| 32 | ‘ A lot of the simpler souls ’ , said Quigley , ‘ probably think a great big snake is going to slither out at them and start gobbling them up in a few years . ’ |
| 33 | Of course , where the wealth goes is a problem , since it often ends up in a few hands . |
| 34 | Often the drive surface is just skimmed with tarmac which breaks up in a few weeks . |
| 35 | But I could go up in a few weeks . |
| 36 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 37 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |
| 38 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 39 | Gesner would be on in a few moments and then the thing would lift off . |
| 40 | Simple word-processing programs often used in conjunction with microwriters are already being experimented on in a few schools . |
| 41 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 42 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 43 | Cos I 've got to go out in a few minutes . |
| 44 | The answer is one of two things — a Labour government which he can not influence for the good , or a Labour government which he turns out in a few months , provoking another election . |
| 45 | Production of the Japanese industry 's two principal profit earners — the F-15J fighter and the P-3C anti-submarine aircraft , both built under licence from the United States — will peter out in a few years ' time . |
| 46 | And this information will be linguistically analyzed , and then used to help compile the new dictionary which will be coming out in a few years . |
| 47 | He 'll be out in a few years time . |
| 48 | So all them hassles what you 're gon na get in the future when they they 're gon na fall out in a few years time . |
| 49 | He was also ensuring that their first record , The Bride of Christ , would be out in a few weeks . |
| 50 | MONSTROUSLY EPIC , hypnotic UK hard house due out in a few weeks . |
| 51 | It will no doubt sort itself out in a few days . ’ |
| 52 | Mummy will come back in a few minutes , wo n't she , for Susie ? ’ |
| 53 | I 'll be back in a few minutes . ’ |
| 54 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |
| 55 | I 'll be back in a few minutes for our little talk . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Expect me back in a few minutes , ’ she heard him say distantly . |
| 57 | She came back in a few minutes , looking very serious . |
| 58 | Grant , the people could come back in a few minutes |
| 59 | We will be reporting back in a few weeks ' time about this case and whether we have achieved a lasting and muzzle-free peace treaty between the battling Yorkies ! |
| 60 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |