Example sentences of "few [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few hours of relaxation away from the whirl of London for both of them , I suppose . |
| 2 | After a few months of wrestling unsuccessfully with the strong weeds , the house was delighted to see activity in the grounds . |
| 3 | And indeed it was something very different — the bones of a human skeleton , a few pieces of clothing still on it . |
| 4 | Dana and I spent a few days in London again before travelling to Spain . |
| 5 | Once Edouard was out of sight , he turned away from the window thoughtfully , brushing a few flecks of dandruff absent-mindedly from the shoulders of his suit . |
| 6 | Within a dozen years Philadelphia , its capital , was among the half-dozen largest English towns in North America and , although it had a population of only a few thousand people , very few towns in England apart from London were much larger . |
| 7 | All they had to do was pile the earth back on top of the coffin and toss in a few bulbs of garlic just to be on the safe side . |