Example sentences of "a few [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent a few moments in thought . |
| 2 | Once or twice , when Harry and Fleury had had to leave her to her own devices for a few moments in order to fight off the sepoys , she had become very upset and had made little attempt to conceal the fact . |
| 3 | Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea . |
| 4 | The Donora episode , together with smogs in London in 1952 ( causing 4000 deaths ) and New York City in 1953 ( resulting in 200 deaths ; Greenburg et al. , 1962 ) , stimulated plans for a national air pollution conference and the introduction of a few bills in Congress ( none of them passed ) . |
| 5 | I went up to the 1970 Open at St Andrews on spec with a few players in mind but no firm bag . |
| 6 | In this particular case , the porosity is present in basin plain sediments ( Clark and Tallbacka 1980 ) and therefore the potential pay is only a few metres in thickness . |
| 7 | Without going into calculations , virtually any realistic combination of antenna size and power at the feed will result in a power flux density a few metres in front of the dish of less than 10mW per square centimetre — the nationally accepted long-term human exposure level for electromagnetic radiation . |
| 8 | In general these rocks have been subjected to high grade metamorphism , have a variable grain size , and occur in north west-south east trending belts , although they have also been recognised as small discontinuous lenses , a few metres in length , intercalated with other gneissic rocks . |
| 9 | It had been announced earlier that Lilley would not take action against the national brewers if they still controlled a few pubs in excess of the number allowed under the Beer Orders legislation . |
| 10 | ‘ The flak seems to be less intense on this side of the target ’ said the bomb aimer in to the little microphone hovering a few inches in front of his mouth . |
| 11 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 12 | It may have been necessary for Jesus to have eaten a few fishes in order to survive in first-century Palestine , but it is not now necessary to feast on the bodies of dead animals in order to be healthy . |
| 13 | I needed to share all your life , not just a few hours in bed every night . ’ |
| 14 | SEPARATED BY just a few miles in distance and a few hours in time , the West 's most powerful central banker and the Soviet prime minister were yesterday at one : immediate and full scale price reform would only confront the Soviet Union with runaway inflation . |
| 15 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |
| 16 | ‘ All that remained was to kill a few hours in town , so I went to visit an old friend . |
| 17 | He spent only a few hours in prison ; but when he was released the heads of all the foreign missions in London ( except that of Sweden , which was then at war with Russia ) accompanied him to his house in a demonstration of solidarity and next morning visited him to promise their support . |
| 18 | He suggested a few changes in wording in places and concluded that on the whole the staff felt that the report was pretty fair . |
| 19 | While there are a few changes in detail , most British school and college mathematics classrooms do not differ much from those of a hundred years ago . |
| 20 | A few figures in battle-dress were walking round the perimeter . |
| 21 | I try to explain that Rainbow Rosenbloom has almost nothing but a few genes in common with Anya 's faithless Gittel . |
| 22 | Keep a few cans in store for whizzing up quick and nutritious meals for the family |
| 23 | I mean I remember reading a few bits in English but , you know , |
| 24 | The closet to Ireland we came were a few students in college , and even they seemed to have interest in politics . " |
| 25 | The most convincing leys are short — usually only a few kilometres in length and probably never more than 30 km long . |
| 26 | Pulsars are compact stars a few kilometres in diameter with masses around . |
| 27 | we have had a few successes in spite of this uncaring government , and feel that it has been worthwhile to protest . |
| 28 | Request : We asked the opposition leader to help with a book entitled ‘ Married To Teacher ’ by writing a few lines in response to the statement : ‘ Being married to a teacher is rather demanding . ’ |
| 29 | Locals tend to stick to the pleasures of eating out in the evening , but there are a few spots in town for night revels . |
| 30 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |