Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has an 18-year-old son , who plans to go to university in a few months ' time and the thought of life on her own fills her with anxiety . |
| 2 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
| 3 | Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks . |
| 4 | Even these returned to work within a few days . |
| 5 | This was the ‘ phoney war ’ period and everyone drank to peace in a few weeks . |
| 6 | After a month feel safe to build-up to a few more fish . |
| 7 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 8 | Well it 's just brought out a budget to paper over a few cracks and make it look good because they knew that , they 've got no more chances this is it in n it ? |
| 9 | ‘ I told him you would not be returning to Milano for a few days . ’ |
| 10 | I 've got James ringing around all the private houses on the island to rope in a few cooks who are n't working tonight . |
| 11 | Having got back to bed for a few hours , at 0800 Captain Moore arrives at his office in the RMP Headquarters , which is housed in the 1936 Olympic Stadium Barracks , and by mid-morning is feeling a bit smug about the noticeable dent in the paperwork on his desk . |
| 12 | When he realises that he has a migraine , my husband retires to bed for a few hours then spends the rest of the day in an armchair . |
| 13 | I 'm going to sleep for a few hours . ’ |
| 14 | But the British Fascisti were in earnest , though doomed to extinction in a few years with the creation of Oswald Mosley 's New Party . |
| 15 | Indeed , if anything , modern societies seem bent on compounding the problem by considerably lengthening and complicating adolescence — a period of life which , as we have seen , barely exists in totemic societies where individuals go from childhood to adulthood via a few days of traumatic initiation . |
| 16 | The Trade Practices Commission has recommended that record shops be free to import directly , leading to price reductions and improved service ; however the Government , bowing to pressure from a few local ( pop ) musicians , has failed to act . |
| 17 | Carole Ann Ford made her first film appearance at the age of eight , retired to school for a few years , and then emerged again at fifteen , working constantly thereafter until her landing of the part of Susan Foreman in the Summer of 1963 . |
| 18 | She 's had such a good time and made so many new friends that she 's quite resigned to going back to school in a few days ’ time . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd been to sea for a few years . |
| 20 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 21 | Old man beaten to death for a few pounds . |
| 22 | They have long incubation periods , often measured in years , but once manifested the disease usually progresses swiftly , without remission and uninfluenced by treatment , to death within a few months . |
| 23 | Today , we debate a legislative programme that could have been proposed only by a Government who have no purpose other than hanging on to office for a few more months . |