Example sentences of "in [noun sg] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ How kind of you , ’ she said , balancing nicely on the edge of irony , in case a few minutes more of this should see him running out of line to shoot , and make it desirable to jettison him , ‘ how kind of you to tell me all about it ! ’ |
2 | It mattered not that Underwood repaid in kind a few minutes later — the damage had been done . |
3 | Very shortly afterwards the young man was called up and sadly , he was killed in action a few weeks later . |
4 | In practice a few frogs have been produced by killing the egg nucleus by ultraviolet irradiation , and replacing it with the nucleus from a cell of the gut of a tadpole . |
5 | I did see gordon in town a few weeks ago though if that counts for anything … |
6 | In consequence a few sessions proved unproductive , and items had to be attempted on successive occasions before she was satisfied with the results . |
7 | 'E died in 'ospital a few days later . |
8 | Rose demanded , running out to her in bewilderment a few moments later . |
9 | Out of the twenty-eight women on the house , three went to bed , and they were in fact to lose two weeks ' remission each for being in bed a few minutes late . |
10 | I think I was er , I thought I was in love a few times , but erm in retrospect it was lust |
11 | The directive , which follows a similar directive on non-life insurance published in draft a few months ago , is the last big element in its push to open financial markets that are still highly protected . |
12 | I saw him in hospital a few days before the end . |
13 | She died in hospital a few days later . |
14 | And then from time to time , erm in fact a few times during the year , we circulate a newsletter to something like a thousand erm companies on our list . |
15 | In fact a few lessons on the lunge will improve your riding whatever level you have reached . |