Example sentences of "in the [noun] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out in the lagoon a few yachts may be loitering , and every few moments the resplendent launch from the Hotel Cipriani sweeps another boat-load of guests , all sun-hats and bright colours , towards St Mark 's . |
| 2 | Grado Cathedral , built on an island in the lagoon a few miles further south , is similar in design but the workmanship is not of such a high standard . |
| 3 | In a similar fog-related accident in the capital a few days later , the Tourism and Information Minister , Pedro Zambrano , was killed on Dec. 21 . |
| 4 | Dexter smiled to himself , recalling his thoughts in the corridor a few minutes before . |
| 5 | In the hall a few sleepy serfs cleared away the debris left from the evening meal . |
| 6 | It was headed by Det Supt Bill Coady , who sat grim-faced with fellow detectives in the court a few feet from the dock as the verdicts were announced , to gasps from the court 's public gallery . |
| 7 | No , I mean , last time I went out would be erm well I 've been out in the afternoon a few times , with my boyfriend , but , the last time I went out in the evening |
| 8 | In the kitchen a few unwashed dishes remained on the table , and Lucy dealt with them at once by washing , wiping , and then putting them away . |
| 9 | These were faithfully reported in the press a few days later so that readers knew the position of every member of the Cabinet . |
| 10 | Never done , any , any manual work , up , up until when he started packing in the shoes a few years ago . |
| 11 | That Jesus 's entry into Jerusalem was fraught with political implications becomes evident in the Gospels a few days later . |
| 12 | For if that sudden drift of snow in the air a few minutes ago had seemed romantic to the young bride — or the bride 's mother — it had not in any way pleased Cara . |
| 13 | as if to confirm these notions of her importance , an enormous party was held in the villa a few weeks after her arrival . |
| 14 | The final moult occurs in the bronchioles a few days later and the young adults then move up the bronchi and mature . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to make it absolutely clear , ’ said Angalo slowly , as a great feathery head nabbled in the water a few inches away , ‘ that if you 're suggesting that we ride on a geese — ‘ |
| 16 | The following year , however , the Party took what was perhaps its most momentous decision in the mountains a few miles south of the Chinese border . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've seen his name in the papers a few times , ’ murmured the superintendent , whose forehead creased with puzzlement . |
| 18 | While these constitutional niceties were being debated , a crowd of students gathered in the rain a few hundred yards away in Wenceslas Square to demonstrate support for Mr Havel . |
| 19 | The right-hand page lay still , and in the spine a few white petals lay , and a single hard bud of blackthorn , the white blossom just breaking out of the dark husk . |
| 20 | And that sets out for each district in the County a few areas of different environmental constraints . |
| 21 | Then he makes a lightning trip back on Concorde for Petit Loup in the Arc a few hours later . |
| 22 | ‘ Dorothy found it in the garden a few weeks ago . |
| 23 | The guard glanced down the deserted street , and now caught the glimmer of moonlight on something lying in the mud a few yards away . |
| 24 | There 's no need to use it if the river 's not in spate , since you can just as easily hop over some stones in the shallows a few yards further upstream . |
| 25 | Sycorax no longer leaked whatever liquids or foods she was able to consume , as she had during the worst of her fever , and Ariel could prop her up into a sitting position , and then , presenting her shoulders to her , go down on one knee to hoist her piggy-back and carry her to the privy in the forest a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 26 | He was due in the Wing a few days after Dickie started in his new school , in just over three weeks ' time . |
| 27 | Early in the programme a few specimens of achondrites were found in both the Allan Hills and Yamato ice fields . |
| 28 | On this particular Sunday afternoon , Celia 's husband , clad in shorts and T-shirt , bent over them carefully , snipping here and there , and occasionally looking towards the pram , parked in the shade a few feet away , where his nine-month-old son , propped up by pillows and securely strapped in , made contented unintelligible noises at him . |
| 29 | He stood in the dirt a few steps away , watching what would happen . |
| 30 | They have been hard at training ever since their one point victory over the famous Dubs in the semi-final a few weeks ago . |