Example sentences of "of [noun] just a few " in BNC.

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1 And , Germany suffered a massive blow to its pride when the Hindenburg crashed in a ball of flames just a few miles from Nicholson 's home town , Neptune , New Jersey soon after he was born .
2 It is perhaps ironic that , with such a volume of water just a few yards from the doors , it had to use steam .
3 A commuter on the M8 would encounter a series of messages on the speed of traffic just a few miles ahead and , if that slowed , or the road were blocked , information on the most suitable diversion could be given in plenty of time to allow a driver to leave the motorway and avoid the hold up .
4 But money and the recession were forgotten as I skied in the brilliant sunshine of Obergurgl just a few days before Christmas .
5 She died of cancer just a few days after Samuel George was born .
6 Machines that were seen to be at the forefront of technology just a few years ago are now readily replaced and cast-off with little or no second-hand value .
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