Example sentences of "in a [det] [noun] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a few cases it may emerge that the very question was considered by Parliament in passing the legislation . |
| 2 | In a few hours I would be flown into a different culture , a different climate , with different people . |
| 3 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 4 | I forgot my circumstances talking to her , that I no longer had power to help , that in a few hours I 'd be gone , and I said , ‘ Of course I 'd love to visit you , I 'd be honoured . |
| 5 | In a few hours she would come face to face once more with that same man who was responsible for his death and this time she was intent on making absolutely sure that what had been a teenage crush on her part remained just that . |
| 6 | The feeling of foreboding builds as soon as she wakes and remembers that in a few hours she will be jetting off to yet another exotic location . |
| 7 | I can not sum up in a few sentences what will be the substance itself of my book . |
| 8 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be . |
| 9 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be meeting the teenager who 's joined the elite in the world of magic . |
| 10 | Welcome back … in a few minutes we 'll be catching up with one of the fastest men on water … |
| 11 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be turning back the clock with the men who kept Britain 's coalmines working during the Second World War . |
| 12 | In a few minutes we would be ready for Firstlight , and then we 'd we clear . |
| 13 | In a few minutes they 'll have a car rush , as 90 cars race through the streets . |
| 14 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 15 | But it was no use imagining ; in a few minutes she would know everything . |
| 16 | In a few minutes she would go down . |
| 17 | ‘ If someone does n't help you in a few minutes you will die . ’ |
| 18 | In a few moments we 'll be joined by Dan Topolski , a man who did more for Oxford rowing than anyone else . |
| 19 | And in a few moments she would be in the privacy of her own cabin , snuggling into a warm sleeping-bag on a thick foam mattress with a fabric cover that matched the padded headrest . |
| 20 | In a few moments you should see a summary screen showing details of your machine . |
| 21 | In a few moments I 'd like to tell you briefly about the trading background to the figures and to give you an indication of how business has been since the period ended and particularly since our important sale started on Boxing Day . |
| 22 | In a few days they 'll be back here begging us for food . ’ |
| 23 | In a few days we shall announce our exact demands which must be fulfilled before we release Liam Shakespeare . |
| 24 | In a few days he would release him . |
| 25 | You 'll take him home with you to avoid gossip , and then in a few days he 'll be fit enough to leave the country . ’ |
| 26 | In a few days he will catch a boat for South America . |
| 27 | In a few days you will hear that Stalingrad is completely in German hands . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ In a few days I 'll have some plan . |
| 29 | ‘ In a few days I 'll be your father , and I 'll punish you just like that , as often as necessary ! ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |