Example sentences of "and [noun] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | A genuinely corinthian sailor who spurns sponsorship , she shoe-horns her racing and preparation into a few weeks ' annual holiday taken from London-based solicitors Farrers and Co . |
| 2 | In its way , it was as funny and arresting as anything from television , but it lacks the scale and presence of a few hundred thousand pounds ' worth of television commercial . |
| 3 | In cases around the room lie the collected fragmentary treasures of human ancestry , mostly skulls , jaws and teeth with a few partial limb bones . |
| 4 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 5 | The table was littered with shrimp whiskers , the sponge-cake gobbled up to the last crumb — but all she could do was to sip painfully at a meagre cup of tea and toy with a few shoots of mustard and cress , although she had prepared the extensive meal . |
| 6 | It is n't necessary to tell you that the West Riding owes its position in the vanguard of educational thinking and practice to a few people , of whom Basil was one of the most distinguished , and the work he has done will still go on . |
| 7 | There is no evening meal , but there are restaurants and pubs within a few minutes walk including the Royal Hotel , an old coaching house , with an elegant dining room equipped with pianist , and also the Snooty Fox , a charming pub with attractive beamed ceilings . |
| 8 | A walkway for the guards , and compartments to separate the convicts into manageable groups , each fitted with small hatches for the dropping of their black bread rations , and unmoveable benches and shelves for a few to sleep on . |
| 9 | Summarize the consumption figures for coal and petroleum in a few sentences . |
| 10 | It was the voices coming from the little boxes , and the concept of man flying between America and England in a few hours , that he found difficult to grasp . |
| 11 | A local newspaper in Sussex recently published a reader 's letter complaining that Darwin 's evolution theory is still taught in schools and colleges instead of creation , despite ‘ scientific evidence limiting the age of the Earth and Universe to a few thousand years ’ . |
| 12 | This is not surprising : even Pilâtre de Rozier , the French balloonist , once filled his mouth with a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen with a few to blowing the gases into a flame . |
| 13 | Treatment is usually a lotion which kills the lice and nits in a few easy applications . |
| 14 | In the centre would be several lines of trestle tables carrying cages for chicken , ducks and geese with a few tame rabbits . |
| 15 | In 1787 Goethe ( then artistic director of the Weimar theatre , and author of a few similar plays ) remarked ruefully that Die Entführung had put paid to all his efforts to keep the Singspiel simple and modest . |
| 16 | One arrived at the bedside of a total stranger , and inside of a few hours that stranger became not merely the most important person in the world , but one 's entire world . |
| 17 | I was terrified of saying anything that the kidnappers would view as a coded message or as offensive in any way , in case John should suffer for it , but how was I to put a year 's worth of thoughts and feelings into a few lines ? |
| 18 | After baking , pierce with a skewer and spoon over a few tablespoons of brandy . |
| 19 | Comparisons with published data for central Atlantic islands are restricted to samples of common rock types , mainly transitional basalts , alkali basalts and basanites with a few nephelinites . |
| 20 | More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course . |
| 21 | Perhaps cuckoos have only in recent centuries started parasitizing their present hosts , and will in a few centuries be forced to give them up and victimize other species . |
| 22 | You drive along a narrow , twisting road half-way up a mountain of rocks and boulders , supporting nothing but scrub and heather plus a few of the tougher and more foolhardy breed of sheep , round a bend and then , suddenly , you look down and there is the valley , with its winding river , fertile fields , a village tucked away at one end , and a verdancy that knocks you for six with its lushness . |
| 23 | The stew is made first by first stir-frying onions , garlic and squid for a few minutes , and then adding tomatoes , tomato purée and wine . |
| 24 | The farms listed on p. 60 supply eggs and larvae of a few common species in season . |
| 25 | During the following months we started to distribute basic medical material to dispensaries , health centres , and hospitals in a few districts . |
| 26 | Pile this back into the skins , sprinkle with grated cheese and grill for a few minutes . |
| 27 | There are possible side effects such as nausea and headaches for a few days and extremely rarely there are other serious complications . |
| 28 | They may not be the best of friends , but between them they can quite well be left in charge of Harry and Hillmarden for a few days . ’ |
| 29 | Tim and Sophie had been due to fly out to meet Julie and Elizabeth within a few days . |
| 30 | The missiles would blast out of their launchers , navigate automatically across Europe , and land within a few metres of targets such as airfields , ports , power stations , dams and locks . |