Example sentences of "[prep] a few [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some stopped dividing after a few hours and remained generalised in form and in dense clusters . |
| 2 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 3 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 4 | He gave up farming and opened a restaurant in Glasgow but his new businesses failed after a few years and he left Scotland to live in Rugby until his death in 1937 . |
| 5 | Water again after a few days and start feeding in June . |
| 6 | Urquhart slowed after a few steps and then stopped . |
| 7 | Anyway , the fact is that if it had n't rained in Japan , if he had n't withdrawn from the race after a few laps and waited until the weather improved , he , not James Hunt , would have been champion . |
| 8 | After a few gigs and demos in the late '80s , they eventually — with the help of local soulmates American Music Club — came to the attention of 4AD 's Ivo Watts-Russell , who , enraptured , put out six of these demos from 1989 –'90; as the ‘ Down Colorful Hill ’ album last September . |
| 9 | She left after a few months and had a home tutor . |
| 10 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 11 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
| 12 | After a few pleasantries and the shaking of many hands , I accompanied the column for a short distance along the road . |
| 13 | Acne may be a case of a few spots and blackheads , or it can be a highly distressing skin disease with redness , inflammation , pimples and even scarring . |
| 14 | Similarly , in the case of a local authority , formal authority to make decisions will rest with the full council ; but in reality it may well be that power is in the hands of a few councillors and chief officers such that the locus of decision making may be far removed from the full council meeting . |
| 15 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 16 | It was only a pallid disc in the sky , shedding thin white light through the still air on to the faces of a few well-wrapped-up and elderly people , who sat on the benches along the Promenade , taking the air . |
| 17 | Whilst the daisies look fine as they are , they will look quite stunning with the addition of a few butterflies and these are great fun to create . |
| 18 | The rest of us left Addis Ababa by train on the morning of 1 October 1933 , arriving three hours later at Mojjo , which consisted of a few sheds and huts . |
| 19 | The writer only has memories of a few freights and the diesel hauled York-Bournemouth in 1964 . |
| 20 | With the exception of a few books and some china , everything had had to go ; for there were those bills to be paid , and besides , they needed every penny they could get . |
| 21 | Because I think it was Tommy that said it was really after the one finished and there was nothing else round about that there was a gap of a few years and then you got started again here . |
| 22 | And er I was dragging behind a few paces and the headmaster was watching out of his study window you see ? |
| 23 | On the other hand , Heron ( 1794 ) says that Lewis was destitute of wood except for a few birches and hazels ’ . |
| 24 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 25 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 26 | When they had gone and the noise of the engines had faded away , all would be quiet for a few hours and most people on night duty could relax — but not the Met Office , of course . |
| 27 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 28 | But for now , she would not allow herself to think , she would rest for a few hours and then make arrangements to deal with business matters . |
| 29 | The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation . |
| 30 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |