Example sentences of "in a few [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in a few countries in Northern Europe , ours among them , is an incorrupt public service normal . |
| 2 | Shivering , she brushed a few drops of rain from her face , glad when Rune returned in a few minutes in the promised taxi . |
| 3 | It is native to Europe and Asia , growing mainly in well-drained ground on hill and mountainsides , and wasteland ; it is naturalized in a few places in Britain and grows well in temperate to warm regions of North America . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you can dispense with the formalities , Letty , curtsying would look out of place in a few rooms in a lodging house , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 5 | St John explained it in a few words in verse 18 : |