Example sentences of "just a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were just a few strands of grey in his hair , faint lines around his eyes and the sensuous mouth . |
| 2 | Jane 's mum Mary , 50 , was beaten to death for just a few pounds in 1981 . |
| 3 | It was just a few inches below the surface . |
| 4 | Already the first squadrons of sepoy cavalry were swooping over the abandoned ramparts and racing for the Cutcherry to kick away just a few inches of that thin trickle of grey powder before it burnt its way home . |
| 5 | Curl the toes back and raise both arms towards the toes , lifting the head and shoulders just a few inches off the floor . |
| 6 | It took just a few instants for him to realise that the huddled figure was Mayli Koulo . |
| 7 | So why not spare just a few hours for Amnesty International ? |
| 8 | While our friends have made their new houses look good in just a few hours with a lick of paint , we 've had to put up new ceilings , repair skirting boards and hack off layers of old tiles . |
| 9 | You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again . |
| 10 | Nigel Gooch was hit with a fire extinguisher during the attack while he was on duty , just a few hours into 1992 . |
| 11 | just , just a few hours like that |
| 12 | The figures are published on a day when arsonists destroyed part of a shopping centre just a few hours after thieves stealing television sets had also tried to start a fire . |
| 13 | Her mother Fran said : ‘ I can not believe we are just a few hours from going home . |
| 14 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 15 | Just a few hours before the verdict he told Central News that he believed the jury would find him not guilty . |
| 16 | The situation was quiet , with just a few soldiers in the street , for the next few days . |
| 17 | We were based at Nigel 's chalet on the edge of Servoz , a small , sunny village just a few kilometres down the road from Chamonix , conveniently placed for visiting other resorts covered by the Mont Blanc skipass , including Les Contamines , Argentiere , Le Tour , Les Houches and Megeve . |
| 18 | Now , for just a few minutes at a time , focus on this image — and stir in desire . |
| 19 | Sometimes within just a few minutes of the arrival of leaf-eating creatures , the tannin content is up to levels which make not only the leaves under attack , but all the other leaves of the tree toxic or at least unpalatable . |
| 20 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 21 | This very friendly gasthaus is ideally situated next to the Hahnenkamm cable car , and is just a few minutes from the town centre . |
| 22 | When it 's just a few minutes from the face , the thick cloud filling the valley gently wells up to lock in the cold . |
| 23 | Just a few minutes from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre ( the car park is just 500 yards away ) , this typically Victorian house takes its name from the sequoia tree that graces the pretty lawned gardens . |
| 24 | The hotel is just a few minutes from the pleasant sandy beach and close to the bustling central market . |
| 25 | This homely and very Tyrolean four-star hotel is close to the golf course , and just a few minutes from the resort centre . |
| 26 | A worrying report , published by three teachers ' unions just a few minutes before national curriculum boss David Pascall issued his ‘ back to basics ’ clarion call , revealed a staggering 80,000 teachers — one in five — want to quit their jobs . |
| 27 | Shiona 's plane touched down at Glasgow airport just a few minutes before midday the following day . |
| 28 | Martin Gilfellan had taken the car just a few minutes before the accident and was being followed by the police when he drove straight over a junction . |
| 29 | Their eyesight can be corrected in just a few minutes by the use of a lasers . |
| 30 | This limits the degree of possible grazing or nibbling and explains why deer and cattle , for example , will eat just a few mouthfuls from each tree before moving on . |