Example sentences of "an [adj] few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spent an emotional few moments in his third-floor room . |
| 2 | However , I 've just spent an interesting few minutes with my nose in line with the needles , gingerly winding the transfer carriage along with the ribber on half pitch — all in the interests of this article you understand , while hoping I would n't damage the transfer needle ! |
| 3 | Daedalus is designing a novel house extension , a variable-pressure bedroom , which may purchase an extra few years of life for its proud owners by slowing the metabolic rate of that third of their lifetime which they spend asleep . |
| 4 | If you choose where to sit or loiter carefully , however , avoiding the principal sea front by the casino , it is just possible to have an illusory few minutes of the old Biarritz . |
| 5 | Spaniard Martin Vasquez , back with Real Madrid after an unhappy few months at the Velodrome , has left in the last year or so along with Chris Waddle , Trevor Steven , Dragan Stojkovic , Eric Cantona and £10 million Jean-Pierre Papin . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're going to Northumberland , but it has been an exhausting few days for me and I intend to stop halfway . |
| 7 | It has been an excellent few weeks for the Treloar club . |