Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a few [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 2 | It is normal for this sensitivity to remain for a few flights and then gradually to disappear . |
| 3 | They would stay for a few months and go back . |
| 4 | Some of the young calves are fattened on the farms but many are reared for a few months and then sold for fattening in central or eastern Britain . |
| 5 | With great reluctance , Reagan bowed to pressure from his advisers and compromised the Kemp-Roth principle somewhat by agreeing that the first cut should be delayed for a few months and reduced to 5 per cent in the first year with 10 per cent cuts in years two and three . |
| 6 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
| 7 | We also stopped after a few paces and turned to look back at her . |
| 8 | He and the housekeeper continued to converse for a few minutes and finally he said , ‘ Very well , Mrs Pettifer , sherry at six . ’ |
| 9 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 10 | ‘ She wakes for a few minutes and then is unconscious for several hours , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 11 | Ice expected to last some time , but look for a few skimmers and perch at Newport on pole and maggot . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 14 | So erm I 've got a bit of time also in which to apply for a few things and go and see a few people erm |
| 15 | On waking , try staying in bed on waking for a few minutes and let your mind try to recall . |
| 16 | Let the print drain for a few seconds and place it on your flash enlarger ( that 's why the bin liner ) and now run your flash test across the print . |
| 17 | Let the print drain for a few seconds and place it on your flash enlarger ( that 's why the bin liner ) and now run your flash test across the print Exposure times should exceed your previously established ‘ max.flash ’ . |
| 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 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 20 | So , even if you have to cope with a few tears and sulks , do n't let them get you down . |
| 21 | He stood without moving for a few minutes and then he put out the light . |
| 22 | He returned after a few minutes and put the tray on a low table by his chair . |
| 23 | I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family . |
| 24 | At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in . |
| 25 | ‘ Just think , ’ he told her , ‘ you could treat yourself to a trip down Bond Street and splurge on a few trinkets and some new clothes for your wardrobe . ’ |
| 26 | After India , Poland , Munich , quick trip to Milan to see Berio and Eco , Paris , Queneau unwell , Butor planning book on Diabelli Variations , that man is an interpretative machine , Paz said , whatever you feed him he devours in a few months and a year later out comes a book . |
| 27 | If the symptoms are of the remedy they will disappear in a few days and no more medicine may be needed . |
| 28 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 29 | A large number of periodicals survived for a few issues and then disappeared : ten ceased or suspended publication during 1971 . |
| 30 | In the early fifties after the war the Home Guard was reformed for a few years and some of us , having been demobbed from the forces rejoined , but somehow the spirit of the " Dads ' Army " had gone and one felt the enthusiasm was not there . |