Example sentences of "england [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment .
2 Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time .
3 Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years .
4 It was the voices coming from the little boxes , and the concept of man flying between America and England in a few hours , that he found difficult to grasp .
5 A new urgency came when the depressed labourers exploded into protest in the autumn of 1830 , part of troubles that swept much of England in a few months .
6 ‘ I shall leave England in a few months ’ time . ’
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