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 . |