Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fixed-price contracts have been normal for production contracts but on occasion this has led to claims that excess profits have been made and in a few cases repayment of the excess has been enforced . |
| 2 | Dunstaffnage House is set in an acre of pretty garden with wonderful views across the open land to the Cairngorms , yet only a few minutes drive from the centre of Grantown . |
| 3 | After a few minutes work on both reins Skipper was going forward , with his brain between his ears . |
| 4 | Only a few minutes walk off main shopping centre , sea front , Conference Centre , cinemas and theatre . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Few minutes walk to Widemouth Bay . |
| 7 | From our site in Old College it is only a few minutes walk to Parliament House , where the highest criminal and civil courts in Scotland sit , and to the local Sheriff and district court . |
| 8 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 9 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 10 | As one child remembered it before 1914 : ‘ Suburbia was a railway state … a state of existence within a few minutes walk of the railway station , a few minutes walk of the shops , a few minutes walk of the fields . ’ |
| 11 | Of particular importance to the family was the proximity of the synagogue itself , a mere few minutes walk through the park . |
| 12 | Kensington Palace is a few minutes walk through the park from Kensington High Street or Bayswater Road where buses and underground stations are located . |
| 13 | Moreover , it was but a few minutes walk from the Junior School ( Roslyn ) , and only a little further from the senior school ( Westmount High ) to which Esther and Leonard were duly sent . |
| 14 | Situated only 60 metres from the International Drive resort centre , the Famous Host International is only a few minutes walk from a great selection of restaurants , bars , and general hub that Orlando has to offer . |
| 15 | Mini-golf : There are good courses just a few minutes walk from the village centre . |
| 16 | Situated in a quiet position , this modern style pension is just a few minutes walk from the centre of Going . |
| 17 | There is a generous provision for car and coach parking and the centre is only a few minutes walk from the train and bus stations . |
| 18 | Situated on its own private beach in Mazzaro Bay , this deluxe hotel is only a few minutes walk from the cable-car to Taormina . |
| 19 | The Hotel Des Etrangers is centrally located about 250 yards from the Piazzo Colombo and a few minutes walk from the Via Matteotti . |
| 20 | The hotel enjoys a central position in Alba Adriatica at the end of the promenade and is therefore convenient for the small shopping area , only a few minutes walk from the sandy beach with changing cabins . |
| 21 | The tiny seaside resort of Widemouth Bay is a few minutes walk from our entrance . |
| 22 | Just a few minutes walk from town centre & beach . |
| 23 | They had they had a few minutes silence for him when he died down Framlingham . |
| 24 | She spent a pleasant few minutes thinking of her small business where she designed and made exclusive wedding gowns for a rapidly growing circle of customers , but Dana 's early-morning phone call refused to be dismissed . |
| 25 | In contrast , relatively few investigations centre on the workplace — although there are exceptions such as Dore ( 1973 ) , Gallie ( 1978 ) , Jacobs et al . |
| 26 | ‘ Ca n't a woman get a few hours sleep of an after-noon ? ’ the slattern inquired of Didier . |
| 27 | Within a few hours drive of Gwent , for instance , lie some fascinating areas — the Forest of Dean , formerly a major coal-producing area ; Snowdonia , where the evidence of centuries of quarrying and mineral extraction is heaped everywhere ; Pembrokeshire , where pretty fishing villages once exported coal , and Cornwall where mining was once a much bigger earner than cream teas . |
| 28 | Only a few hours drive from Glasgow to a world of serenity and tranquillity . |
| 29 | In a few hours time in Toronto Lynn Gibson will be racing for Britain in the 800 metres … |
| 30 | With excellent huts only a few hours walk from our tent and the possibility of traversing passes between them , we were spoilt for choice . |