Example sentences of "in [noun prp] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oag has just returned from Tokyo , and will set off for a climbing exhibition in Grenoble in a few days . |
| 2 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
| 3 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 4 | Meanwhile the end of the German campaign in Yugoslavia and Greece meant that many of the Luftwaffe units employed there were now being posted elsewhere , some of these stopping off in Sicily for a few days on their way back to Germany and undertaking a few missions over Malta . |
| 5 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
| 6 | I was in Sydney for a few weeks , and had an affair with a broad . |
| 7 | I inquired after my brother , Max , who had finally agreed a few months ago to work for Dad 's firm , and I established that he was in Paris for a few more days . |
| 8 | Have to be in Paris for a few days . |
| 9 | The non-governmental Straits Exchange Foundation ( SEF ) on Jan. 5 protested over the detention in China of a former mainland air force pilot , Lee Hsien-pin , who had defected to Taiwan in 1965 . |
| 10 | I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | The kit is going on sale in Britain in a few months for around £14,000 and takes between 500 and 1,000 hours to complete . |
| 13 | They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels . |
| 14 | Her mother 's not too well — she 's staying on in Hazelbury for a few days , ’ Leith speedily calmed his fears . |
| 15 | I 'll be in Roziac for a few more days . ’ |
| 16 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |
| 17 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |
| 18 | He also agrees to my request to take Fairfax on board as historical adviser and fixes a meeting in London in a few weeks to review progress . |